A couple weeks ago, Jill, a ONE member from Squidoo.com, asked you to tell us what motivated you in the fight against extreme poverty. All it took was ten minutes to create a ONE “lens” for all the world to see. A ONE enthusiast since March 2005, Donna answered the call, creating the first official ONE lens. So what’s her story?:

“In March of 2005 I found Bono’s acceptance speech for the TED awards, on the internet. After watching the entire speech, I was dumbfounded. Somewhere between Live Aid and growing up, I lost my compassion and became cynical towards humanity in general. His speech was like a kick in the gut – like he was speaking directly to my lack of compassion and caring and it was a wake up call! I googled as much as I could about Africa and Aids and extreme poverty and the One campaign, and the more I dug, the more I realized I had to do something… anything… to help and to be part of the push to end poverty.”

How does Donna support ONE and the global fight to end extreme poverty?: “we write letters… and we send email letters any time that ONE or MPH Canada or MPH UK emails us to do so. We call politicians when asked to do so. Its not just us doing this in our own country, but we send such letters to other G8 world leaders.. tell them that the World is watching them -keeping tabs on them and expecting them to keep the promises of Aid and Fair Trade they made last year.”

Visit ONE headquarters at Squidoo to create your own lens for ONE. You’ve heard Donna’s story. What’s yours?