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RAIN for the Sahel and Sahara
I’ve been trying to grow vegetables in a small household garden for nearly 15 years now, and you’d think that I’d be much better at gardening than I am at this point. Some years I have greater success than others, but most of the time I manage to eke out at least a...
Partnerships
You can’t do it all. Cleaning your teeth, raising animals for meat, replacing your car engine, teaching a foreign language -- every day you rely on others to do tasks that you are unable to do for yourself. This is how it works for everyone -- we all have expertise...
Food Insecurity – A Global Challenge
Your holidays are probably filled with a variety of traditions - special items that have been passed down to you from other family members you put out this time of year; yearly performances and outings; crafts with little ones; and gathering with loved ones. And, of...
Clean Water and Bright Futures: Celebrating Our Partnership with SPRODETA in Malawi
This week, we’re thrilled to share an incredible milestone in our partnership with SPRODETA—an organization dedicated to improving health, education, and access to clean water in Malawi. Communities in Kasisi and Chitipa are celebrating as they gain access to clean...
From Hunger to Hope: Coming Alongside Guatemalan Farming Families
It’s funny—no matter how many clever recipes or colorful veggie platters I try, getting my kids to eat their vegetables often feels like a heroic feat. Like many parents, I find myself negotiating, coaxing, and sometimes resorting to the old “one bite” rule just to...
Localization in Action: How One Day’s Wages Supports Community-Led Solutions
From the very beginning, the leadership of One Day’s Wages made a strategic choice: instead of creating our own programs, we decided to support local leaders who are already doing great work in their communities to fight poverty. We believe that local leaders are the...
Behind-the-Scenes Heroes: Meet Pierre the Handyman at Heartline Haiti
When we think of healthcare, we often focus solely on the doctors and nurses who care for patients. Yet, it takes a dedicated team of all kinds of staff members to ensure a medical center operates smoothly, enabling patients to receive the high-quality healthcare they...
On Dignity
Dignity. It’s one of our values at One Day’s Wages, and it’s core to everything we do. The reason we exist as an organization is because we believe that every person matters, every story matters, every action matters. For us, dignity means that every person is...
Climate & Poverty: How Do We Respond?
The mission of One Day’s Wages is to alleviate extreme poverty. While we can truly celebrate all the progress that has been made over the years, there is a looming threat to that progress: climate change. The World Bank estimates that another 100 million people could...
It’s Time We Rethink Orphan Care
Orphanages are often serving as a stopgap for families who are struggling in poverty. In Uganda, Harriet lives with her two daughters but struggles to provide for them. With no choice but to leave her abusive husband, Harriet did not have the means to provide food,...
Global Hunger: Toward an Integrated Response
The world has made a lot of progress toward reducing global hunger over the last century. Still, around 735 million people experienced hunger in 2022, and the numbers grew over the last few years due to conflict, climate change and COVID (FAO 2023). To work toward...
Tanzania Trip Reflection
Hello everyone! My name is Micah and I am the Operations and Projects Coordinator here at One Day's Wages. After getting the chance to go on a partner visit with my colleague Daphne, One Day's Wages' Grants Director, to Tanzania, I wanted to share my highlights and...
Investing in Education: An Interview with Theopista Seuya
Theopista Seuya is the Asante Africa Foundation Country Director for Tanzania. She holds a Master’s Degree in Education Policy and International Development from the University of Bristol, and previously served as a teacher, head of school, and university lecturer. ...
Celebrating 300 Grants!
One Day’s Wages began in 2009 with one small grant: $5,000 to help 200 displaced Burmese students attend school. This August, we reached the significant milestone of awarding our 300th grant! This most recent grant will build the capacity of 225 midwives to...
Best Practices for Preventing Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transport, transfer, harboring, and receiving of people, typically by force or coercion, for the purpose of exploitation. Trafficking can take many forms. One of ODW’s partners, Next Generation Nepal (NGN), stops...
One Day’s Wages Welcomes Carissa Youssef as New Executive Director
After nearly 15 years of dedicated work in the fight against extreme poverty, One Day's Wages is thrilled to announce the appointment of Carissa Youssef as the organization's new Executive Director. Founded by Eugene and Minhee Cho in 2009, One Day's Wages has been a...
Kienyeji: The Case for Locally-Made Products
Kienyeji: The Case for Locally-Made Products By John Kavyavu John Kavyavu is the Founder and Director of Maarifa, a project of Mavuno. Mavuno’s mission is to alleviate extreme poverty in rural areas of North Kivu and Ituri provinces in eastern Democratic Republic of...
Climate Justice is Gender Justice
We’re pleased to introduce you to one of our ODW partners, Marc Romyr Antoine. Marc is the Vice President of International Programs at Tearfund USA, and formerly served as Tearfund’s Country Director for Haiti. Marc is also a Pastor and social justice advocate,...
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