ODW's 1st Album NOW AVAILABLE!

It's here. ODW's first album, Songs for a Cause, Vol. 1, officially releases today!

In support and partnership with ODW and our vision to fight extreme global poverty, 21 amazing artists have donated their music to bring together a special compilation of 21 unique songs including four never-before-released tracks. This unique album is available for download for one year from today's release date (until June 29, 2011. Contributing artists Read more »

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Partnership with Nuru & 70 Kenyan Families

One Day's Wages is excited to announce a new partnership with Nuru International to provide support for their agricultural program in Kuria, Kenya.

Nuru (a Kiswahili word meaning light) is a compelling organization that has been working in Kenya since 2008. They are committed to holistic and effective approaches to community development Read more »

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Grant #2: Justice Ventures (India)

As we shared in our previous blog entry, one of the main components of ODW's vision is to support and partner with small but thriving organizations around the world that are doing compelling work in the fight against extreme poverty.

In that spirit, One Day's Wages is pleased to announce the recipient of our 2nd grant. ODW is awarding a "matching grant" to Justice Ventures International Read more »

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Why We Support Smaller Organizations

Take few minutes and type “Humanitarian Organizations, Global Poverty” in your favorite search engine.  There are thousands of altruistic organizations out there!  Many of them are doing good, selfless and effective work around the globe.

However, what you may not find from this search are the hundreds and thousands of small NGOs (non-governmental organization) and CBOs (community based organizations) Read more »

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7 Months Update: 300K & Counting

It's very early here in the ODW office. No one's here so it's a good time of reflection. 

We moved into this small dinky office a little over 7 months ago before the official launch of ODW on October 20, 2009. [The picture above is the first week we moved in!]

We have one paid staff (Kate), numerous volunteer staff, a boatload of interns, our Global Street Team, our respective boards, Read more »

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  • Hey Seattle! Special ODW Benefit Show feat. @RockyVotolato & Gabe Archer of @thePalePacific 9/25 - http://bit.ly/aBs1EX
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  • We're getting close as we've raised $19,834 ($25K goal) to give 250 Congolese women a Fresh Start: http://bit.ly/66KQs1
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  • The awesome folks @WaggenerEdstrom purchased 40 copies of ODW's album 4 their new hires. YES, it does make a great gift!
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