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When Generosity Sounds Like a Song: An Invitation to Create Together
At One Day’s Wages, we are endlessly inspired by what happens when people bring their full selves—their creativity, curiosity, and courage—into a shared mission. Our work to alleviate extreme poverty has always been built on partnership. Not just with grassroots...
Ways to Give: Simple, Meaningful Options That Fit Your Life
Generosity isn’t one-size-fits-all. At One Day’s Wages, we believe giving should feel accessible, thoughtful, and aligned with your real life—whether you’re just starting out, raising a family, building a business, or planning your legacy. Here are several ways our...
Starting With Strengths: How Asset-Based Development Can Transform Communities
When people talk about community development, the conversation often begins by listing what’s missing: clean water, farming knowledge, health clinics, and more. And while understanding needs is important, defining communities by their needs can paint them as passive,...
One Day’s Wages Named Together Women Rise 2026 Featured Grantee for Maternal Health Work in Afghanistan
One Day’s Wages (ODW) is honored to announce its selection as the 2026 Featured Grantee of Together Women Rise, a powerful global community of women and allies committed to advancing gender equality. This prestigious award includes a $50,000 grant over two years...
Women at Work: Toward Inclusion in the Global Workforce
Can you remember the last time you couldn’t make it to work? Maybe your nanny canceled, and you were left without childcare. Or maybe your car battery died, and you didn’t have a safe way to get to the office. These are the kinds of barriers that women around the...
Standing in Solidarity When the World Turns Away
We cannot fix every broken system. But we can choose to stand in solidarity with those who cross our path. This choice, this posture of care and action, is what fuels us at One Day’s Wages. And it’s why we need each other, now more than ever. Recently, our Global...
Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Masoka’s Journey of Empowerment
Masoka’s hands are stained with the rich soil of the land she now calls home. A 37-year-old mother of four, she arrived at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi after fleeing the conflict in her home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The future felt uncertain,...
What Was USAID, and What Now?
USAID has made news headlines constantly over the last few months. You may find yourself wondering: what is USAID, and is One Day’s Wages affected by its dismantling? As a global development organization, we at ODW care deeply about the people who depend on foreign...
Growing Love, One Drop at a Time: How One Woman Turned Her Birthday into a Gift of Clean Water
When Sara, a graphic designer and mother from Oregon, started thinking about how to celebrate her birthday, she decided to do something different—something meaningful. With a belief that “we are all connected… with the power to affect change by how we live our own...
Bridging the Gap: An Update on Our Response to the Funding Freeze
In Matoh, Cameroon, a mother prepares to give birth. Life in a conflict zone means getting to a safe facility with trained health workers is nearly impossible. Fortunately, a new mobile clinic begins offering prenatal care and transportation to a birthing clinic,...
Why We Invest in Women
There’s an old Ghanaian proverb: “If you educate a man, you educate an individual. But if you educate a woman, you educate a family.” On this International Women’s Day, we celebrate the power of women—how their resilience, leadership, and determination transform not...
The Case for Social Inclusion
Today is the World Day of Social Justice! Never heard of it? Never fear, we’re here to fill you in. In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly launched the World Day of Social Justice to recognize our on-going need for inclusive economic development and decent work...
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