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The One Foundation is a United Kingdom based registered charity that works with communities in sub-Saharan Africa to address the most pressing humanitarian needs, such as clean drinking water, nutrition, sanitation and HIV/AIDS testing. Income is primarily from a not for profit company Global Ethics Ltd.

History
The One Foundation was founded in 2005 by Duncan Goose (brother of Claire Gooose). Their first PlayPump roundabout water system was installed in 2006,

In July 2010 they announced that in their first 5 years they have donated over £5million and helped change lives of more than 1.4 million people.

Sustainable Water Supplies
The key water systems they fund is a PlayPump roundabout water system. These systems use a specially crafted childrens roundabout to pump water from deep underground. So, as children play on the roundabout, fresh, clean water is pumped from a borehole into a storage tank for use by the entire community.

It’s a simple idea but one that is changing the lives of thousands of African people. Now, instead of walking for hours to collect water, children can go to school and the entire community benefits from access to fresh drinking water.

The water system provides much more than clean water. It provides a community with a sustainable resource that saves time and energy and facilitates education, hygiene and health. Plus, excess water can be used to irrigate vegetable gardens, giving communities the opportunity to grow and sell their own crops.

HIV/AIDS
To help address the issues associated with the HIV and AIDS pandemic, profits from the One Condom range go to fund Voluntary Counselling & Testing outreach clinics. To date, we have tested and counselled over 12,000 people. The programmes take teams of nurses and counsellors to visit rural communities to help educate and raise awareness of HIV and HIV-related issues as well as test for HIV. This way people that are HIV negative are educated on how to stay negative, and those who are HIV positive are identified as soon as possible and are given the correct life-saving ARV (antiretroviral) drugs to increase their quality of life.

Hygiene and Sanitation
Focusing on larger schools, they fund brick-built ventilated pit latrines for girls and boys with handwashing facilities, replacing unhygienic non-reinforced sandy pits with grass screen surrounds. This is supported with an education prograamme for the children and local communities, covering handwashing and basic hygiene.

Nutrition
They work with the poorest farming families in rural communities in Malawi, helping them grow enough food to feed themselves, plus a little bit extra to sell. That way they can earn enough to see them through times when the crops fail. They fund two types of sustainable projects - vegetable gardens and seed banks.

Partnerships
They work in partnership with selected [non-government organizations]] in Africa who are specialists in their respective areas of expertise.
 * Roundabout Water Systems
 * Self Help Africa
 * Donald Woods Foundation