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The One Day’s Wages mission is to alleviate extreme poverty by investing in, amplifying, and coming alongside locally led organizations in underserved communities.
We believe local leaders best understand their communities’ needs and solutions, so we support them in addressing systemic issues and implementing sustainable solutions.
ODW was founded on the belief that if enough people give one day’s wage, we can make significant progress toward alleviating extreme poverty worldwide.
You can use our calculator to find your own one day’s wage. Together, we aim to create a global movement for a more just and beautiful world.
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ordinary people believe—and act—on the hope that
a better world is possible
$12,397,929
INVESTED IN PARTNERSHIPS
347
PROJECTS SUPPORTED
1,123,182
LIVES CHANGED
TRUSTED PARTNERS
We choose our partners carefully. Each organization goes through a thorough discovery process before we approve a grant.
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Locally Led Impact: Who Defines Change?
How do we know whether a development project is actually making a difference? For organizations that fund global development work, this is an important question. We want to know that the resources entrusted to us are contributing to meaningful change. But answering...
Linking Maternal and Child Health and Poverty
What do maternal and child health care have to do with poverty? As it turns out, quite a bit. Most maternal and newborn deaths can be prevented by quality health care and access to medications. Maybe you were born in a country that has high-quality medical support for...
What One Day’s Wages Means to Me
Something must have clicked for me when I interviewed Daphne Hollinger Fowler, Interim Executive Director, for an article I wrote about One Day’s Wages for a local Seattle publication a few years ago. I’d known about One Day’s Wages for many years, but hadn’t fully...
One Day’s Wages exists to alleviate extreme poverty by investing in, amplifying, and coming alongside locally led organizations in underserved communities.
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