Hi John,

Many of us feel overwhelmed by the converging crises we're facing: COVID-19 and the economic fallout, climate change, conflicts, food crises. They are all connected and threaten the peaceful and healthy future we want for our children and future generations.

But around the world, many people are fighting back. From health workers and activists to entrepreneurs and volunteers, people are taking the future into their own hands, delivering vital services, and pressing for change in their local communities and countries. Because action is the antidote to despair. 

In the coming months, we’ll share some of the inspiring stories of these change-makers. We’ll also invite you to take action, online and offline, and reach out to our leaders to demand change. Together, we can make our voices count and rewrite the future. Stay tuned for a jam-packed summer of action!

How much do you know about malaria?

Malaria kills nearly one child every minute, amounting to almost 700,000 deaths in 2020 alone. 

Over the past two decades, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, has helped save 44 million lives and given the world the tools to end these preventable global threats. 

But the COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of progress and we need to act now to get back on track. We'll be in touch soon with ways you can help. In the meantime, take our new quiz and test how much you really know about malaria: 

Creating a brighter future for South Africa’s youth

In 2020, when COVID-19 forced schools around the world to shut down, 1 in 3 children were unable to access online learning. 

As an after-school program in Cape Town, South Africa, NewDay United is addressing some of the inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic and helping children and young adults build a better future. While providing hands-on learning and career training, they've also been helping to tackle food insecurity with homegrown solutions. Find out more about their transformational work:

Three updates on the fight against the pandemic

- Three of the world's biggest Covid vaccine makers have struck down attempts to make them share the know-how to make their jabs with the world.

- Canada announced millions of dollars of new funding in its 2022 federal budget to help increase global access to Covid tests, treatments and vaccines and provide humanitarian aid to countries in crisis. 

- The long awaited second Global Covid-19 Summit was finally announced and will take place virtually on May 12. We hope to see commitments on new funding and coordination for global pandemic responses.

“Without immediate radical action, we could be witnessing the most profound collapse of humanity into extreme poverty and suffering in memory”

-Oxfam’s international executive director, Gabriela Bucher

Oxfam has warned the rising price of food caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and increased energy costs could push a quarter of a billion more people into extreme poverty.

ICYMI:

• Sub-Saharan Africa under threat from multiple humanitarian crises
• The leaked WTO COVID patent waiver text promises a very bad deal
• ONE's Pandemica animated series wins Webby Award
• Nominate change-making initiatives and individuals for the 2022 Sustainable Development Goals Awards