American Jewish World Service

  • Mission:American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization motivated by Judaism’s imperative to pursue justice. AJWS is dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of race, religion or nationality. Through grants to grassroots organizations, volunteer service, advocacy and education, AJWS fosters civil society, sustainable development and human rights for all people, while promoting the values and responsibilities of global citizenship within the Jewish community.
  • Address:45 West 36th Street
  • City:New York
  • State:New York
  • Postal code:10018
  • Phone:2147483647
  • Email: ajws@ajws.org
  • Twitter: ajwsdotorg
  • Headquarters Contact:Joshua Berkman, Associate Director of Media and Marketing
  • Official Website
  • Guidestar Page
  • Charity Navigator Page
  • Annual Budget:$32,000,000
Support search and rescue efforts by community volunteers. Provide food and shelter for survivors. Provide emergency health services and education to help reduce the second wave of casualties due to wounds, contamination from corpses and human waste, Clear roadways to facilitate rescue and distribution of emergency supplies. Provide emergency psychosocial support to survivors. Fund humanitarian aid being sent from the Haitian-Dominican community in the Dominican Republic that includes two mobile clinics, medical supplies, donations and volunteers. Support longer-term recovery (in the months following the earthquake) including rebuilding of community centers, clinics and schools; replanting of crops and farms to reestablish the local food supply and provide a source of income; and support to community-based organizations' efforts to rebuild civil society.

General

  • Konbit Pou Ayiti
    National Environmental Initiative
    To build a national network of grassroots groups working to restore Haiti's severely damaged environment.
  • Lambi Fund of Haiti
    Sustainable Development and Women's Organizing
    To provide agricultural inputs and training to women's peasant organizations.
  • Partners in Health/Zanmi Lasante (PIH)
    Partnering with Community Groups and Local Farmers to Tackle Malnutrition
    To build the capacity of local farming communities.
  • World Neighbor's Partners Network
    Community-Run Sustainable Development Program
    To support community-run sustainable development projects.
  • World Neighbors
    Training and Development Unit for Building Human Capacity
    To develop the capacity of eight local partner organizations to autonomously manage projects on sustainable agriculture, income generation, and community and reproductive health.
  • World Neighbors
    Training and Development Unit for Building Human Capacity
    To develop the capacity of eight local partner organizations to autonomously manage projects on sustainable agriculture, income generation, and community and reproductive health.
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