One Day's Wages

"Gender equality and women’s empowerment are fundamental to the global mission of the United Nations to achieve equal rights and dignity for all... But equality for women and girls is also an economic and social imperative. Until women and girls are liberated from poverty and injustice, all our goals -- peace, security, sustainable development -- stand in jeopardy." 
- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon                Read more »

Each time a disaster strikes around the world, you likely read about it online or watch it on the news, and then wonder what you can do to help.  Maybe you aren’t sure how to respond, or you wonder if your efforts will even make a real difference. Maybe these thoughts went through your mind when you heard the news of the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010. Read more »

One Day's Wages recently turned one month old! It's been quite an exciting month. In addition to some great support from other organizations, great press in the media, we're excited to also share that we hit a big mark this week in surpassing 500 members (couple weeks ago) and surpassing $100,000 in donations through the ODW community.

And the exciting part is that we're just getting started. Read more »

Often times, when someone invites you to care or give to a cause like extreme global poverty, it's easy to feel guilty or overwhelmed. We want neither. We simply  want to remind people that:

1. We can actually make a difference. We don't have to be rock stars, millionaires, or on Hollywood's A-List to realize that we can make an impact in the lives of many.

2. Guilt isn't the motivation but rather Read more »

We recently unveiled our vision for One Day's Wages - a movement to fight extreme global poverty. We're still working hard to get the beta version of the website ready by Fall and a full launch by mid-October but we still need your help.

This is our invitation for the early Dreamers, Visionaries, & Investors to help launch One Day's Wages. Raising funds is not an easy to do especially in light of two things: 1) I hear there's a global financial recession going Read more »