One Day's Wages

Mission

One Day’s Wages exists to alleviate extreme poverty by investing in, amplifying, and coming alongside locally led organizations in underserved communities.

Description

Globally, over 800 million people – 10% of the world’s population – experience extreme poverty, defined as living on less than $3.00 a day. Extreme poverty means lacking basic necessities for survival, including food, water, income, healthcare, and education. Leaders in these communities deeply understand the needs, but only about 5% of global development funding goes directly to local organizations.

In response to this challenge this is what we do: 

Invest In: We fund grassroots organizations implementing community-led solutions to extreme poverty.  We offer one-year grassroots grants for new partners, multi-year growth grants for past partners, and short-term emergency grants for partners responding to a crisis.

Amplify: We highlight our partners to expand their spheres of influence and elevate their expertise. We share about our partners through our website, social media channels, newsletters, and events.

Come Alongside: We regularly convene our partners for networking and capacity-sharing forums that center local expertise and contribute to mutual learning.  We offer webinars, panel discussions, newsletters, a resource library, and personalized support.

our long-term goal is