A victory this month for anti-poverty campaigners who shined a spotlight on the Japanese government’s moves to cut international development assistance! Also, find out how Kumi Naidoo braved the arctic waters and confronted the Cairn Energy oil rig, what youths can do to be part of the Earth Summit 2011 and how some unethical employers continue to cheat foreign workers in Singapore.

Every weekday morning and evening, volunteers arrive in Little India to welcome homeless and jobless migrant workers to The Cuff Road Project. They register the men for free meals and when possible assist them with their cases. To show our gratitude, we’ve organised a thank you dinner on 1 July at el toro!

Be part of the bigger picture . . . make sure that youth voices are heard ahead of an important UN Summit on the environment and also learn how building a green economy will help Make Poverty History! Plus, if you’re a student, you can win a scholarship to attend for free!

Nearly 250 cases of child abuse were investigated last year, up about 50 percent from a year earlier. But a new home is providing girls and women at risk with a place to find purpose & hope. Dominique Choy and Cathy Livingston tell ONE (SINGAPORE) about DaySpring.

Japan has promised to meet its overseas aid commitments, despite previous moves to cut funding following the March earthquake and tsunami. Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s new pledge is a victory for civil society campaigners who have been calling for Tokyo to reinstate aid that had been cut.

After the tsunami, Japan cut aid to developing countries. But as Tokyo prepares to host an international meeting on the Millennium Development Goals, ONE (SINGAPORE) joins with civil society groups in Japan and from across the world to call on Tokyo to honour its international commitments.