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.
More stories of impact
Climate & Poverty: How Do We Respond?
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It’s Time We Rethink Orphan Care
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Global Hunger: Toward an Integrated Response
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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. ...
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...
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