A global, non-profit, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. They carry out this mission through three essential activities: mobilizing village clusters at the grassroots level to build self-reliance, empowering women as key change agents, and forging effective partnerships with local government.
One Percent Global
The world economy produces $60 trillion per year.
One percent of that would be enough to end poverty... let's do it!
Join One Percent Global, and learn more about just how far a mere 1% of the world's budget can go.
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Brings clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. They use 100% of public donations to directly fund sustainable water solutions in areas of greatest need. Just $20 can give one person clean water for 20 years.
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Provides farming families in Central America with training and tools to preserve our planet's tropical forests while overcoming poverty.
One Percent Global does not want your money. Just click on an organization to donate directly to them, knowing that a single penny per dollar you spend - or even a fraction of that - is enough to transform lives and end poverty.
Latest Blog Post
posted on September 28, 2010
How To Save Dozens Of People's Lives For $36
I just met someone who's saved dozens of people's lives with a home-built device.
It goes like this: In Guatemala, if the power goes out in the middle of a major surgical operation, the room is blacked out and the patient dies. This may happen several times a day.
Existing solar-powered surgical lights cost $1000. This means that not many of them are installed.
This guy (he's not big on publicity) took a dozen garden-path lights, stuck them onto the back of an aluminum muffin tin, and made a light that is bright enough to save the patient's life.
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