Category Archives: International

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 220 East 42nd Street, Floor 4 New York, New York 10017 Contact:  Shaina Sherman, (646) 871-3267, shainago@jdc.org We are the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian aid organization. Active today in some 70 countries, we work to alleviate hunger and hardship, rescue Jews in danger, create lasting connections to Jewish life, and help Israel overcome the social challenges of its most vulnerable citizens, both Jewish and non-Jewish. Our reach extends beyond the global Jewish community by providing high-impact disaster relief and long-term development assistance worldwide. You have the opportunity to choose from among JDC’s many humanitarian programs. Whether it’s caring […]

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Grassroot Soccer

Grassroot Soccer PO Box 712 Norwich, Vermont 05055 United States Contact:  Pamela Miles, Events Coordinator pmiles@grassrootsoccer.org (802) 649-2900 Mission:  Grassroot Soccer is an adolescent health organization that leverages the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilize at-risk youth in developing countries to overcome their greatest health challenges, live healthier, more productive lives, and be agents for change in their communities. Every $25 raised gives one at-risk youth access to Grassroot Soccer’s award-winning adolescent health programming and our Caring Coaches who change lives every day! Bar/Bat Mitzvah Project Opportunity:   For your mitzvah project, you have a number of options and we […]

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Ezer Mizion

Ezer Mizion 5225 New Utrecht Ave Brooklyn, New York 11219 Contact:  Chani Miller, Dir. of Public Relations cmiller@ezermizionusa.org (718) 853-8400 Help save the lives of cancer patients around the globe. Often a bone marrow transplant is the patient’s last chance to survive. Genetic matching between donor and patient is a must for success. Since genetics is based on ethnics, a Jew will match another Jew. Thus the need for a Jewish registry. Ezer Mizion is the largest Jewish bone marrow registry in the world and has saved over 2000 lives, 296 in 2015 alone. Too many are still waiting in hope and […]

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Nationalities Service Center

Nationalities Service Center 1216 Arch Street, 4th floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 Contact:  Volunteer Coordinator (215) 893-8400 volunteers@nscphila.org Here at Nationalities Service Center (NSC), we believe that immigrants and refugees are a critical part of the fabric of life in the United States, and it is our vision that all immigrants and refugees achieve a life of dignity, safety, stability, sustainable opportunities and meaningful connections to their communities. To this end, NSC provides comprehensive services to immigrants and refugees, including legal protections, community integration, access to health and wellness services, and opportunities to achieve English language proficiency. Our dedicated staff are […]

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Girl Up

Girl Up, United Nations Foundation 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 300, Washington, District of Columbia 20006 Contact:  Vanessa Stair, girluppartnerships@unfoundation.org (202) 448-4671 Girls are powerful. When they’re educated, healthy, and safe, they transform their communities. When girls stand up for girls in need, they empower each other and transform our world. As the United Nations Foundation’s adolescent girl campaign, Girl Up engages girls to take action. Led by a community of nearly half a million passionate advocates raising awareness and funds, our efforts help the hardest to reach girls living in places where it is hardest to be a girl. […]

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Friends of Yemin Orde

YeminOrde.org 4340 East-West Highway, Suite 202, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Contact:  Barbara Sherbill, Marketing Director, (202) 237-0286 barbara@yeminorde.org Friends of Yemin Orde is the U.S. fundraising arm of Yemin Orde Youth Village and Village Way Educational Initiatives (VWEI) in Israel. Yemin Orde Youth Village is located in the Carmel Forest region of northern Israel, near Haifa. It is home, school and safe haven to 430 at-risk immigrant youth from all over the world, including Ethiopia, France, the former Soviet Union, and Brazil. Most of Yemin Orde’s youth have experienced trauma: from abandonment and isolation to loss and extreme poverty. With the help […]

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Medic Mobile

MedicMobile.org 220 Halleck St. Suite 210 San Francisco, California 94129 Contact:  Katie Kelley, Director of Communications, (415) 746-9758 hello@medicmobile.org Medic Mobile’s mission is to improve health in hard-to-reach communities. One BILLION people will never see a doctor in their lives and will never receive essential health services.  Our mobile and web tools help community health workers, clinics, and families communicate so that more people receive quality healthcare. We are focused on identifying and addressing the highest impact opportunities to use mobile tools, currently: antenatal and postnatal care, childhood immunizations, stock monitoring for essential medicines, and disease surveillance. For your mitzvah […]

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Innovation Africa

Innovation Africa 520 8th Avenue, 15th Floor New York, NY 10018 Contact:  Emma Goldman, Outreach Coordinator (646)472-5380, innoafrica@gmail.com Innovation: Africa is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that brings Israeli innovation to African villages. Founded in 2008, in five years Innovation Africa has provided light, clean water, food and proper medical care to more than 450,000 people in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi and Uganda. Bar/bat mitzvah students may start their own mitzvah campaigns, birthday campaigns, or iA chapters. They learn about the lack of resources many rural African villages face, and how they can help eradicate these problems. Focus is on clean water projects, solar […]

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Pencils of Promise

PencilsofPromise.org 37 West 28 St 3rd Floor, New York, NY Rachele Aidala, Development Coordinator, Community Engagement, raidala@pencilsofpromise.org,(212)777-3170 Pencils of Promise believes every child should have access to quality education. We create schools, programs, and global communities around the common goal of education for all.  Since our founding in 2008, Pencils of Promise (PoP) has broken ground on over 200 schools throughout Laos, Nicaragua, Ghana, and Guatemala. Our programs have impacted more than 150,000 lives and sparked an international movement around global access to education. Education can create profound, lasting change in a community and, with plans to break ground on 500 schools […]

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Bnai Zion Foundation

https://www.bnaizion.org 577 Wanamaker Rd. Jenkintown, PA 19046 Contact: Sharona Durry -Mid-Atlantic Director sharonadurry@phillyisrael.com, 267-250-3835 Bnai Zion Foundation is dedicated to assisting those in need with humanitarian projects in both Israel and America. The organization has completed hundreds of initiatives for the people of Israel and for Jewish people worldwide. Ahava Village for Children & Youth holds a special place in the heart of Bnai Zion.  Nestled in a quiet residential area of the northern town Kiryat Bialik, Ahava is a center for children ages six to eighteen removed by Court order from high-risk home situations. Comprised of fifteen apartments, educational facilities and leisure […]

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