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 contribute to improved maternal and newborn health outcomes in rural Afghanistan.

Each grant we award is unique to its context.  Yet they all share the common goal of coming alongside local leaders to end extreme poverty in the most under-resourced parts of the globe.

Our grants team is passionate about selecting and supporting carefully vetted partners who share our values: treating all people with dignity, centering local leaders, engaging in mutual collaboration, implementing projects in a way that ensures long-term impact, and reporting with transparency.  

Our partners bring a shared passion for accompanying people and communities in a way that uplifts their talents and connects them to needed resources.  And you – our community of friends and donors invest the financial resources that make each grant possible.  

This is our collective story. This is our collective work. 

As we celebrate 300 grants, we invite you to take a peek at our past partnerships and projects.  We report back on the impact of every grant awarded.  The work is often complex and messy, but we remain as committed as ever to our mission of mobilizing people, stories and actions to alleviate extreme global poverty.