One World Action

One World Action, formerly Bernt Carlsson Trust, was a charity based in London, United Kingdom, associated with the Solidar NGO network.

One World Action supported partner organizations in Asia, Africa and Central America. Their work was designed to support principles of democracy, with many supported projects concerning the topic of gender inequality.

All of the organization's programs were initiated by local people to provide understanding and meet local needs.^[1]

One World Action was founded by Glenys Kinnock on 21 December 1989, the one-year anniversary of UN Commissioner for Namibia Bernt Carlsson's death in the Pan Am Flight 103 attack.

One World Action was removed from the register of charities on 2 October 2012 because it had ceased to exist.^[2]

Activities

• Nearly 300,000 people in Angola were given access to clean water through the work of a One World Action partner, the Development Workshop.
• Through mediation a One World Action partner, Nagorik Uddyog settled nearly 1000 separate cases of conflict involving the poor in Bangladesh.
• In Nicaragua, a One World Action partner, Movimiento Maria Elena Cuadra, provided training to women factory workers in the Export Processing Zones about labor rights and health & safety.
• One World Action is thought to be behind The Political Compass website.^[3]