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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...

When Capital Stays in the Community

The first time I attended a savings and loans group meeting was in Uganda. In the still heat of the early afternoon, a dozen of us gathered under the shade of a mango tree. We sat on wooden benches in a circle. In the center was a cash box, carefully unlocked with...

Why Your Support of Local Leaders Matters More Than Ever

From the very beginning, One Day’s Wages made a deliberate and strategic choice: instead of creating our own programs, we chose to partner with and fund local leaders who are driving meaningful, sustainable change in their own communities. That decision wasn’t just...

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...

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