Partner Testimonials

From Asia:

"Vikash is definitely benefiting from its new relationship with OneWorld …we are all so appreciative of the support and encouragement you are giving us that it is positively giving us renewed strength! … Our website is such an important information tool to communicate to potential international donors that to receive free consultation from yourselves to aid its improvement can only improve our public relations and, in turn, our financial stability … we continue to be indebted to you … Your research and input into Vikash [are] very much appreciated and [we are] so encouraged by our new partnership."
          - Vikash (community development NGO), India

"We find your site a very useful resource to understand what's happening in the grassroots level in South Asia. We are a human rights organization but working in a very difficult conditions … Continue your important work.Thank you."
     - University Teachers for Human Rights, Sri Lanka

Each One Teach One, India, an NGO providing learning opportunities to underprivileged urban children, was highlighted in the partners’ section of the OneWorld Learning Channel for several weeks and reported receiving a number of useful contacts as a result, including offers of help with
volunteers and funding.

"Digital technology provides an opportunity for triggering a learning revolution. The Learning Channel is one of the effective pathways to such a revolution."
- Professor M.S. Swaminathan, UNESCO Cousteau Chair in Ecotechnology and Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India

VidyaOnline, India, an educational cooperative involving teachers and academics, had several features highlighted on the OneWorld Learning Channel and reported an increased number of visits and email responses soon afterwards. Some email respondents planned to try out in practice new ideas they had learned about via the channel.


From Africa:

"The existence of the Debt Channel has been an encouragement to our partners to … build their own websites that also contribute to the portal. This has contributed to the feeling of an equal partnership that enhances not only the African perspectives but also the technological skills needed. … The site provides numerous advocacy tools. The campaigns are a source of information that can be replicated on a smaller scale to the grassroots levels … The channel therefore acts as a link for exchange of information, campaigns, views, opinions, events, analysis and skills … The information provided by Debt Channel has been well presented … in such a way that 'every bit of information counts' … the analysis of issues on the Debt Channel is an advantage to our constituencies."
                            - Mwengo (NGO centre), Zimbabwe


From Latin America:

"When Latin American biodiversity news are included in the OneWorld edition, our website receives a significant raise in number of visits. It is very good to share a common space with other Latin American organizations." 
                                      - Acción por la Biodiversidad

"When news about Casa Alianza are featured in OneWorld headlines, we receive thousands of visits through the link between OneWorld and our website."
-  Casa Alianza (regional NGO defending street children), Central America

From Eastern Europe:

"Oneworld.net is a serious website with reliable information. I've been using it for some time to get the information necessary for my work on the media situation in Southeast Europe and in the world."
                                                   - IREX Promedia, Croatia

From the US:

"OneWorld is a great resource for people engaged in the wider world. It is to be commended for its contribution to fostering a global community dedicated to social justice, human rights and sustainable development."
                 - Peter D. Bell, President and CEO, CARE USA

From the global anti-poverty movement:

"By combining the information resources of hundreds of development organizations from small NGOs to large multilaterals, OneWorld offers a diverse range of perspectives … to give voice to people who ordinarily would not have the opportunity to express themselves."
                                                                - The World Bank

"We selected OneWorld as a key partner in the struggle against the imminent worldwide digital divide compounding the existing gap between rich and poor. " 
                                                    - Hivos, The Netherlands

"OneWorld’s Debt Channel is a reflection of the growing worldwide support for the struggle against debt slavery."
                                                                       - Jubilee 2000

"Learning Channel is a valuable source of information on education throughout the world. Its coverage of important topics such as gender bias and the digital divide provides a welcome focus on the obstacles that stand in the way of providing a quality education for all children."
                                                                            - UNICEF

"We recommend OneWorld - it's the best site on global issues, news, alternative analyses – the centrepiece of the NGO world."
           - Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future    Research, Sweden

"Our online donation facility has been really successful, which has been largely due to the coverage we've had on OneWorld."
                                                            - Christian Aid, UK

"OneWorld … is a great resource for people engaged in the wider world. It is to be commended for its contribution to fostering a global community dedicated to social justice, human rights and sustainable development." 
                                                                            - CARE, USA

"OneWorld allows me to do our work at Teachers Without Borders effectively. I feel as if there is a support network, a research library and a friend close at hand … The Learning Channel is for Teachers Without Borders a newspaper, a messenger, a clearinghouse, a connector, a motivator, a lifeline. My teacher members, in 56 countries, know about - and rely on - the Learning Channel. It is my way of taking stock of efforts to close the education divide. It is indispensable."
                                      - Teachers Without Borders, USA

`Thank you for your assistance … Our staff is very excited about the site’ s content and is already starting to use it on a daily resource.’
                                                            - American Red Cross

"Thanks for all the coverage you have been giving Changemakers. Out hits are rocketing upward … and I am certain that OneWorld has done much to contribute to that."                                    - Ashoka/Changemakers, USA

"… just under half of the traffic to our site came through One World."
                                                                           - Oxfam, UK

"Thank you … especially for your support of our petition. We are deluged with emails and calls."
                                               - Foreign Policy in Focus, USA

 
"Thanks for the great coverage of our work. We’ve been getting positive feedback on it from our members."
                                                                 - InterAction, USA

"Membership in OneWorld.net is an invaluable part of our communications work … Whenever Women's EDGE is featured on OneWorld, we notice a surge in traffic to our web site. OneWorld.net is the first site we check for news from the international development community and we’re thrilled to have become a partner organization."
                                                       - Women’s EDGE, USA

"We love the diversity of the Learning Channel and find it extremely useful in our research work. Education is one of the best investments a country can make, especially where boys and girls are given equal chances and opportunities. The Learning Channel helps to reinforce this point. The success stories that you highlight are especially relevant."
                                                                       - EuropaWorld