B'nai B'rith International
Established 1843 and headquartered in Washington DC - is the world's oldest and best known Jewish humanitarian, community service and public affairs organization. Since its founding, B'nai B'rith has been deeply involved in humanitarian assistance to Jews and non-Jews alike. B'nai B'rith's first international disaster assistance was to Palestine in 1868 to help fight a cholera ep... |
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 F.I.R.S.T (Search & Rescue Teams)
Fast Israeli Rescue & Search Team (F.I.R.S.T.) is the national association for search and rescue established in 1986. F.I.R.S.T. trains, supports and coordinates activities of 11 regional search and rescue units around Israel. The entire F.I.R.S.T. organization, from administrators to each of the Search and Rescue units (SAR) is entirely made up of volunteers. These are a remarkable group of som... |
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IRAC - Israel Religious Action Center (Reform Movement)
IRAC is the public and legal advocacy arm of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism. IRAC’s mission is to advance religious freedom and pluralism, tolerance, social justice and civil liberties in Israel, viewing these values as intrinsic to and stemming from liberal understanding of Judaism. IRAC has become the most effective advocacy group of its kind and its leadership role has been widely ... |
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 Israeli Flying Aid (IFA)
Israeli Flying Aid (IFA) is a non – for – profit, non governmental aid organization which provides life saving aid to people affected by natural and man made disasters in developing countries worldwide. IFA provides assistance to all who are in need by distribution of relief items, medical assistance and any other life saving methods.... |
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 Jerusalem AIDS Project
A national and International NGO, focusing on education for HIV/AIDS Prevention. Major areas of work include: formal education, conflict areas and non-formal education youth settings. JAIP has developed unique models for HIV prevention, which have been adapted in 27 developing countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. The organization is strong in capacity building and training.... |
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Lions Israel
The Israeli Lions is a part of an international social-volunteering organization, acting for the week link in the chain. The source of the name is the initials of the words: Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nations Safety - Lions. Among the Goals of the Lions organization are: To put on a pedestal the elements of a proper administration and good citizenship. To take an active part in the life of the com... |
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Moriah Africa
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Pirchey Refua - Israeli Youth Medical Cadets
Pirchey Refua established in 1994 in Belinson Hospital, operates tpday in over 20 medical institutions. Through its training courses which are provided to teenagers, Pirchey Refua was able to train till this day over 2,000 teenagers in various issues of medical assistance. These programs are activated in collaboration with the Ministry of Education in Israel, The Minstry of Foreign Affairs and Mag... |
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Rotary Israel
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 Save a Child's Heart
Provide urgently needed pediatric cardiac surgery and advanced follow-up care for children from developing countries suffering congenital heart diseases. The children are from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zanzibar, Congo, China, Viet Nam, Ghana, Jordan, Moldova, the Ukraine and the Palestinian Authority. Surgical and medical teams travel overseas to train and perform surgeries on site and screen children th... |
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Tevel b'Tzedek
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The American Jewish Committee
The American Jewish Committee's mission is To safeguard the welfare and security of Jews in the United States, in Israel, and throughout the world. To strengthen the basic principles of pluralism around the world, as the best defense against anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry. To enhance the quality of American Jewish life by helping to ensure Jewish continuity and deepen ties between Ame... |
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The Gilad Shafir Foundation
Erev Rosh Hashana 2001. Our oldest son Gilad, was killed in his house in a bloody gun battle with armed robbers in South Africa. He was a very special young man and my wife and I decided that the best way to keep his legacy alive would be to establish a Foundation carrying his name.
So came to be "The Gilad Shafir Foundation". The Foundation is a non for profit foundation. Basically, we are tr... |
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The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, is the oldest organization World-wide assisting refugees and immigrants. Since its founding in 1881, HIAS has helped millions of people reach safe shores and flourish in their adopted lands. Headquartered in New York, HIAS maintains offices in Moscow, Tel Aviv, Rome, Geneva, and Buenos Aires.
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 The Israeli Friends of the Tibetan People
Supporting Tibetan refugees in exile particularly in India. A unique project is establishing the "Tibet Museum" in Darmsala, India, which documents and exhibits the past and present of Tibet and its people in the spirit of "Yad Vashem" holocaust museum in Jerusalem. Friends of Tibet increases awareness in the Israeli public to the Tibetan fight for independence, supports Tibetan children in India ... |
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The Israeli Fund for UNICEF
The Israeli Fund for UNICEF raises funds to support UNICEF's work saving children's lives and providing youth around the world with health, education, equality, and protection. The Israeli Fund strengthens UNICEF’s lifesaving work through resource mobilization, advocacy, and education with local partners, working to make Israel part of the global efforts to better the lives of children inter... |
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The Last Great Ape Organization
The Last Great Ape organization encourages the capture of dealers in meat and products of endangered species and bringing them to justice. Then exposes the fact that the law is enforced and by that deters poachers and dealers from getting into this commercial business, educates the public, gives the bushmeat trade the deserved status of a criminal activity, and introduces a new concept to the Came... |
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The National Union of the Israeli Students
Initiate local educational projects to increase awareness regarding poverty. International activities: Medical student volunteer in a hospital in Malawi, Educating in rural villages in China, educating about the dangers of land mines in Cambodia, Setting up computer rooms for disabled in Viet Nam, and more. The National Union of the Israeli Students has over 200,000 students registered in universi... |
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The Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development
Focuses on societies undergoing fundamental processes of transformation: from conflict to conflict resolution from the rigidities of centralized economies and political dictatorship to democracy and free market economies from poverty and dependence to selfhood and socio-economic advance. Activities include education and training, project initiation and development, and consultancy in regard to the... |
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The Youth Movements in Israel
Organize humanitarian projects such as food drives and other social initiatives for old aged needy people in Israel. International involvement: set up a summer camp in Macedonia during the Kosovo crisis for the refugee children, where the volunteers stayed in the camp and activated the children with original programs. They were acknowledged by Mrs Hilary Clinton and International organizations.
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Weitz Center for Development Studies
The “Weitz Center for Development Studies” is a non-profit NGO engaged in planning, training, consulting and research of rural regional development issues in less developed regions. The Center was established in Rehovot, Israel in 1963. It is a daughter company of the “Jewish Agency for Israel”. The major specializations of the Center include Integrated Rural Development, Macro economic projectio... |
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Yad Sarah
Yad Sarah, the largest voluntary organization in Israel, provides a spectrum of free or nominal cost services designed to make life easier for sick, disabled and elderly people and their families. Today, only 26 years after it was founded, Yad Sarah has 95 branches throughout Israel run by some 6,000 volunteers, and saves the Israeli economy about $300 million a year in hospitalization and medical... |
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