Education Is The Answer To Poverty.

Our Story

One Cause was first conceived when Rajen (CEO) was clearing out the drawers in his room which were full of old books back in August 2007. He was trying to get rid of all his unwanted books and make some money in the process. Then Rajen expanded the idea and asked his friends and family to donate all their unwanted books. He quickly realised that he could simply collect as many books as possible, sell them, and donate the profits to worthy causes.

So Rajen decided to call Kishan (Chairman) to ask if he wanted to help sell these books online. Kishan was intrigued. What initially started as an informal chat about how best to sell the collected books quickly became a serious discussion about the many other ways to leverage their time to raise the maximum amount of money for good causes.

Rajen and Kishan immediately agreed that they wanted to make a real difference, something for the long-term. And they knew they wanted to focus their efforts on education. But now their plans were much bigger and they needed more dedicated individuals who a shared their passion for education.

Luckily, they didn't have to look very far! Both Rajen and Kishan spoke to their closest friends about their plans to tackle poverty through education. Within days Rishi, Aashish and Pritul were all on board and raring to go!

One Cause was officially incorporated on 24th October 2007 and gained status as a UK registered charity on 13th March 2008.