ANNUAL REVIEW 4 2019 ANNUAL REVIEW ONE.ORG 5 ABOUT ONE 6 FIGHTING FOR THE WORLD WE WANT: ONE 2.0 8 2019 IN NUMBERS 9 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO AND BOARD CHAIR 10 (RED) 12 GLOBAL FUND 14 GENDER EQUALITY 16 ONE ACTIVISTS 18 OTHER 2019 HIGHLIGHTS 20 STAKEHOLDERS 20 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 20 AFRICAN POLICY ADVISORY BOARD 21 GLOBAL LEADERSHIP CIRCLE CONTENTS CONTENTS 21 DONORS 5 ABOUT ONE ONE is a global movement campaigning to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030, so that everyone, everywhere can lead a life of dignity and opportunity. We believe the fight against poverty isn’t about ONE teams in Abuja, Berlin, Brussels, Dakar, charity, but about justice and equality. Whether Johannesburg, London, New York, Ottawa, Paris and lobbying political leaders in world capitals or running Washington DC, educate and lobby governments to cutting-edge grassroots campaigns, ONE pressures shape policy solutions that save and improve millions governments to do more to fight extreme poverty of lives—and which every year are under threat from and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, and cuts and other priorities. empowers citizens to hold their governments to account. Co-founded by Bono and other activists, ONE is ONE’s supporters are crucial to this work. They come strictly nonpartisan. ONE is not a grant-making from every walk of life and from across the political organization and does not solicit funding from spectrum. They’re artists and activists, faith and the public or receive government funds. ONE is business leaders, students and scientists. They funded almost entirely by foundations, individual take action day in, day out — organizing, mobilizing, philanthropists and corporate partners. educating, and advocating so that people will have the chance not just to survive, but to thrive. 6 2019 ANNUAL REVIEW ONE.ORG Artist and campaigner Black Queen joins ONE activists to campaign against gender-based violence in Senegal. ONE FIGHTING FOR THE WORLD WE WANT 2.0 7 THE ONE REVOLUTION Since 2002, ONE has built a strong foundation and a track record of success. With partners by our side, our campaigning activities have helped empower individuals to lift themselves out of poverty. Our model for change works, and we’ve got the wins to show for it. But the world remains dramatically off track to achieving the equality outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and delivering on the promise of Agenda 2063, Africa’s blueprint to become a global powerhouse. As things stand, it will take 108 years to achieve gender equality, the number of people living in poverty in sub-Saharan Africa will continue to rise, and we won’t come close to eliminating AIDS by 2030. This is a global failure of unparalleled proportions and we intend to fight with every ounce of our strength, every tool in our arsenal, and every voice in our movement. Our efforts are needed now more than ever. So ONE is rebooting for the future. We will continue to come together with partners to fight for more money, better policies and empowered citizens. But we will be bolder, smarter and more agile in how we do business. We are embracing a number of strategic shifts—each of which will require us to innovate and thus take more risks: 01 02 ONE in Africa: Supporters: We will ramp up our efforts to continue bringing We will further modernize our supporter strategy. African voices to the forefront of all policy We plan to invest more in our supporters and high discussions. We plan to prioritize the issues at the top impact activists, devolving more power to them and of the continent’s development agenda and will push leveraging their passion, voices, and expertise at key for greater policy changes to deliver our mission. events and opportunities. 03 04 Partnerships: Digital first: We will build smarter, sharper collaborations We will better integrate technology into how we work, with like-minded partners. We plan to capture the placing digital at the forefront at every level, on every attention of new, diverse, and influential audiences, campaign, and with every team. We will take a bolder, and engage them in the fight for better policies, more smarter, and more agile approach. investments, and empowered citizens. 05 Sophisticated and scrappy: We will strengthen our communications and campaigns techniques, and plan to develop and deploy new ways to engage our audiences. We will marry the sophisticated with the scrappy, the slick with the street. 8 2019 ANNUAL REVIEW ONE.ORG 2019 IN NUMBERS GENERATED MOBILISED 7,221 PIECES OF MEDIA 128,870 SUPPORTERS LED 13 GLOBAL CAMPAIGNS CAMPAIGNED WITH 1,000+ CHAMPIONED GLOBAL ACTIVISTS FROM 40 COUNTRIES 35 POLICY CHANGES 9 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO AND BOARD CHAIR In 2019 everything was on the line—and we held we launched the #VoteYourFuture campaign, the line. which mobilized thousands of young Nigerians to campaign for their solutions to the country’s most So much of what we care about was on the line this pressing challenges ahead of the general election. year. We faced some major roadblocks as we kept During the European elections, our European on fighting to build the world we want to see—one activists lobbied candidates and Members of the where everyone, everywhere can lead a life of dignity European Parliament to sign on as champions in the and opportunity. fight against extreme poverty. In the UK, our Real Aid Campaign pressed for aid quantity and quality, and The world has made massive progress in reducing focused public attention on the importance of ODA, poverty but extreme poverty in Africa is rising, and even as Brexit debates and planning dominated inequality is on the increase across the globe. Over the stage. In Senegal, where public outcry was the years, multilateral cooperation has yielded huge sparked by serious, violent attacks on young women, gains for sustainable development, but much of the ONE collaborated with Senegalese rapper, Black world is now turning inward. Our imperative in 2019 Queen, as well as other grassroots organizations was to make sure that the world’s decision-makers and activists to push the government to criminalize made the right choices. sexual violence. With over 800 young women in sub-Saharan Africa Progress on these fronts was not matched by contracting HIV every single day (Newsflash: AIDS progress on global gender equality, however. The is still a crisis), we committed in 2019 to campaign ONE team was out in force throughout the year to mobilize $14 billion for the Global Fund, the to showcase and support African women on the world’s biggest funder in the fight against AIDS, frontlines of the fight for gender equality and TB and malaria. We knew it would be a tall order influence the G7 to tackle the issue. Despite the for governments to meet their targets, but with 16 ambitious declarations that were made on gender million lives at stake, failure was not an option. The equality, education, digital inclusion and a revitalized ONE team—along with our supporters, activists partnership with Africa, G7 leaders failed to commit and (RED)—ran a global campaign, relentlessly the necessary political capital, new policies and urging governments to support the fight against financial resources needed to yield tangible progress these diseases. In a real test of political leadership, for real people. the result was astonishing – not only was the $14 billion target met, but almost every country we We cannot afford to wait 108 more years to achieve campaigned in increased its pledge by 15% or more. real gender equality. And we won’t. (RED) Ambassador, Constance (Connie) Mudenda, The Global Fund campaign showed us what’s shared the inspiring story of her fight against AIDS possible when the world comes together. We need and how she was able to access treatment and more of this, and fast. As we gear up for 2020, raise a healthy daughter, thanks to the Global Fund. we’ll fight for more—and we’re ready for it. We’ve The fight continued right up to the last minute, with done a lot to strengthen ONE—by revamping our (RED) upping its pledge and President Macron, Bill internal operations, implementing the strategic Gates, and Bono committing to raise the last $200 shifts set out in our five-year strategy and building million in the final push to reach the target. A huge out ONE in Africa—and Africa in ONE. It’s going to victory for humanity. be—and must be—a good year, a time to think the unthinkable, challenge those in power and set the We also scored some big wins in the fight for stage for the next decade. stronger political leadership on development and accountability on aid and other development As we embark on a new year, be sure to go (RED) and finance —driven in a big way by our dedicated to join the ONE team, supporters, activists, board activists. When the White House tried to cut $4 members, staff and friends for the fight against billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress, injustice and inequality. we flooded key congressional offices with hundreds of calls and emails and worked behind the scenes Gayle Smith, President and CEO to ensure the reversal of the decision. In Nigeria Tom Freston, Chair of the Board of Directors 10 2019 ANNUAL REVIEW ONE.ORG In 2019, (RED) continued to generate heat, awareness, and funding for the AIDS fight, with a specific focus on the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment Conference in France. (RED) in Zambia In April, (RED) hosted a delegation of partners and prospects to see the impact of Global Fund supported HIV programs in Zambia.