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This year has been a rollercoaster ride — from the promise of vaccines to
the rise of new variants. [ [link removed] ](Here's our recap retold through holiday
songs!) But ONE supporters, like you, have been tirelessly campaigning,
whether that was challenging misinformation on vaccines, demanding global
access to doses, or protecting children's right to education.

In 2021, almost 300,000 ONE supporters took 630,867 actions – signing
petitions, emailing and tweeting leaders, and sharing information with
friends and family. With your help, we supported life-saving policies and
budgets and pressured governments to respond to multiple crises. From
everyone at ONE, thank you!

Keep scrolling to hear about some of the biggest campaigning highlights
from our global community.

Tackling the global learning crisis

Before COVID-19 hit, the world had already been experiencing a global
learning crisis. But at the peak of the pandemic [ [link removed] ]1.6 billion children
were pushed out of school and in low-income countries, many were at risk
of never returning.

We launched a global campaign to increase funding for the Global
Partnership for Education (GPE). We kicked off with a quiz to raise
awareness and challenge people to [ [link removed] ]score better than a 10-year-old. We
highlighted stories of [ [link removed] ]affected children and teachers around the world
who [ [link removed] ]sent a letter to world leaders on the importance of reading and
[ [link removed] ]shared their favourite books.

ONE teams and activists sprung into action in their countries:

* organising stunts in France, Kenya, and Mali to get leaders' attention
at key moments.
* meeting with over 300 policymakers and delivering petitions in the US,
France, and UK.
* joining artists, MPs, and 80 civil society organisations across Africa
to ask heads of state to protect domestic public financing of
education.

More than 85,000 people signed our petition, spread the word on social
media, and sent letters and messages urging governments to invest in
education. THANK YOU!

The good news is the European Union stepped up and made a record
contribution of €700 million to GPE, thanks to activists and supporters
like you [ [link removed] ]sending hundreds of postcards to EU representatives! While
[ [link removed] ]the Global Partnership for Education fell short of its funding goal, $4
billion was pledged by donor governments to help get millions more
children back into the classroom and learning.

Fighting for equal access to COVID-19 vaccines

A year after COVID-19 vaccines were developed, a grossly unjust approach
to global vaccine distribution remains the biggest barrier to ending the
pandemic.

Global access to vaccines has been a major focus: 90,979 of you called out
governments for buying up the limited supply of doses, leaving much of the
world completely unprotected. Thousands of you took action to [ [link removed] ]support
the temporary waiving of patents by sending messages and tweets to
policymakers throughout the long running TRIPS negotiations, as well as
[ [link removed] ]spreading the word on social media.

Pandemica, our video series [ [link removed] ]raising awareness of vaccine inequity, was
watched 6.5 million times, and highlighted our message that if the vaccine
isn't everywhere, the pandemic isn't going anywhere. ONE activists and
supporters have spoken out at every political opportunity from delivering
over 1,000 postcards to President Biden ahead of the G7 to [ [link removed] ]organising
projections at the G20 in Rome.

Sadly, as we approach our third year of this pandemic, there's no end in
sight. Omicron has proven that we're now living in a world of endless
variants, infection spikes, and restrictions. It's more important than
ever that we hold our leaders accountable. Look out for the Global Week of
Action in January which will bring together communities from over 50
countries to demand our leaders finally step up.

Responding to the global economic crisis

COVID-19 brought with it a wave of aftershocks affecting every part of
society, not least countries’ economies. And while some countries had the
resources to weather this economic storm, many did not.

We've seen soaring unemployment, food insecurity, and health systems
pushed to the brink of collapse. In 2020, 97 million more people were
forced into poverty, [ [link removed] ]reversing progress toward ending extreme poverty
for the first time in a decade.

For the last 20 months, we’ve been calling for a global economic response
plan that works for every country. In 2021, we continued to push this
message, with ONE supporters taking 70,000 actions including signing open
letters, [ [link removed] ]sharing quizzes, and sending messages to national leaders,
calling for new innovative financing, debt relief, and greater
transparency.

While we’ve [ [link removed] ]made some progress, there is a long way to go. In 2022, we
will be kicking off a new campaign to ensure no country is left behind.

What else we got up to in 2021

* Fighting the UK aid cuts and climate change: Supporters fought the UK
aid budget cuts and sent postcards to their MPs to show their town’s
contribution to aid’s life-saving impact. Thousands of you also stood
in solidarity with the most climate vulnerable countries,
[ [link removed] ]supporting activists at COP26 and delivering a [ [link removed] ]Wave of Hope at
the G7 Summit.
* Getting global extreme poverty on the agenda in the German elections:
We hosted numerous meetings through this year's elections and all
three chancellor candidates met with ONE youth activists and [ [link removed] ]signed
our pledge.
* Building a better future for youth in Africa and Europe: Our young
African and European activists [ [link removed] ]came together to write an open
letter, calling on leaders to deliver an Africa-Europe partnership
that tackles both the pandemic and the inequalities that it is
exacerbating. We plan to deliver the letter to leaders from both
continents ahead of an important meeting they will hold in February
2022. It's not too late to add your name!
* Getting global poverty and health on the agenda of the Dutch
elections: During the elections, ONE youth activists spoke with
members of parliament, many of whom went on to [ [link removed] ]sign our ONE vote
pledge! We also got global health on the agenda of the Dutch
parliament, as supporters signed petitions that we [ [link removed] ]handed over to
the House of Representatives - along with a vaccination booklet
containing our messages.

From all of us at ONE, enjoy your holidays and we look forward to all that
we will achieve together in 2022! 🎉



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