Many voices.One page.

We go into communities and listen to the people who live there. We bring their stories into the open, talk them through together and write them down on one page. Then we see them through.

Second an idea Read the Library
One-page brief: Girls at the Frontline of Crisis
NigeriaWhat keeps 1,500 girls in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo from learning?
One-page brief: Easing Overcrowded Lagos Public Schools
NigeriaWhat do Lagos residents say would ease overcrowded classrooms?
One-page brief: South Africa’s Fiscal Anchor
South AfricaCan a government be trusted with public money, or does it need rules to bind it?
One-page brief: Zimbabwe’s HIV Prevention Pivot
ZimbabweCan a twice-a-year injection reach the people most at risk of HIV?
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One Page starts with people, not policy papers.

The parent whose child learns in an overcrowded classroom. The farmer whose land floods when the dam gates open. The girl who is afraid on the way to school. Stories like these usually stay where they happen. We go to the communities living them, and we listen.

Then we bring those stories into the open, talk them through with the people who live them, and write down what we hear on a single page that anyone can read in a minute, including the busy people who make decisions. And we see them through, so they aren’t forgotten.

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Right now at One Page

Three ways to be heard

Live nowHow should Nigeria protect people who live downstream of dams?Open Floor, Round 01. Second the ideas you back, or put your own forward. Open until 30 November.Second an idea → LibraryStories, written downWhat communities told us, and the research around it, across Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe and beyond. Each one readable in a minute.Read the Library → ForumsTake a seat at a forumShare your story in the room, hear other people’s, and see what you said written down and carried forward.Ask for a seat →

How 1,500 voices became one page

A real example from our Library, start to finish.

  1. 1,500

    girls spoke up

    Aged 13 to 18, across Lagos, Ogun and Oyo, they talked about school, safety and their lives.

  2. Learning is failingSafety is collapsingWellbeing is neglected

    3

    truths kept coming up

    They aren’t separate problems. Each one makes the others worse.

  3. The one-page brief: Girls at the Frontline of Crisis

    1

    page says it all

    The findings and the policy fixes, on a single sheet anyone can read in a minute.

  4. Desk

    of the people who decide

    That’s where the page goes, and into our Library for anyone to read. Read this brief

New in the Library

The latest briefs, each one a single page. They show up here as soon as we publish.

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Dams and Downstream Flooding in Nigeria: Timing, Coordination and Warnings

Dam releases can turn heavy rain into disaster for communities downstream. This paper looks at why, and sets out seven priority actions for safer reservoir operations and warnings that reach people in time.

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South Africa’s Fiscal Anchor: When Governments Limit Their Own Power to Spend

South Africa wants a spending rule written into law. Can a government be trusted with public money, or does it need rules to bind it?

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Zimbabwe’s HIV Prevention Pivot: Targeting the Epidemic Where It Actually Spreads

Zimbabwe is rolling out a twice-a-year HIV prevention injection, aimed first at the people most at risk.

Read more →

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Help us organise forums, listen to people in their communities, record their stories and see them through, from the first conversation to the finished page.

An empty assembly chamber with rows of seats under an arched glass roof
Two men speaking out at a street demonstration
The columned front of a government building
A crowd gathered at a public rally, some filming on their phones
A young man at a protest wearing a face mask that reads Soro Soke
Women in head wraps standing together at a community gathering