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Payment and Refund Policy for Thailand Study Tour
I. Payment Policy The program fee for the Thailand Study Tour is $10,375.00 based on double occupancy ($1,685.00 single supplement). In order to participate in the Thailand Study Tour, participants shall make a 30% non-refundable deposit in the amount of $3,112.50 payable online by credit card. Please note that your participation in the program is …
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AJWS Condemns Supreme Court Decision Allowing Termination of Humanitarian Protections for Haitians and Other Vulnerable Communities
New York (June 25, 2026)—American Jewish World Service (AJWS) condemns the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of migrants from Haiti and Syria. The court’s decision threatens to upend the lives of families who have built their futures in this country and now face …
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Rachel’s Story: “I felt like a voice of the voiceless”
Rachel Butacha, 25, Democratic Republic of Congo Rachel Butacha smiles when she explains that “my family name means ‘hope’ in my language. Even if someone is sick or upset, they can never abandon their ‘butacha.’” Somehow, neither has she. Today, Rachel lives at the KARIBU building in Dakar — the safe house for activists in …
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How Corruption Has Captured the Haitian State
But there are ways to break free. Today in Haiti, much of government operates on the currency of corruption. While there are people of integrity in all state agencies, networks of corrupt politicians, bureaucrats, and private businesspeople collude to shape decrees, institutions, and processes, and share public resources among themselves. Seeking to fend off investigations …
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Thai Government’s “Net Zero” Carbon Emissions Goals Fall Flat
Thailand’s government has created an ambitious goal of achieving “net zero” carbon emissions throughout the country by 2050. This may sound like a commendable effort to reduce carbon emissions. However, the government considers carbon projects to be a key strategy towards this goal, claiming that they offset pollution and compensate for existing emissions. In fact, …
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Ms. Hardin Goes (Back) to Washington: A Glimpse of AJWS’s 2026 Leadership Advocacy Convening
Each spring, American Jewish World Service (AJWS) holds a Leadership Advocacy Convening, bringing a national cohort of clergy and influential Jewish leaders to Washington, D.C., to lobby for rights-based U.S. foreign policy. Unlike others seeking the attention of elected officials, AJWS’s faith-based voice opens doors on both sides of the aisle — doors normally closed …
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Stories of Hope: April 2026
The last few months have re-invigorated Americans’ ideas about the heroic work of journalists. Linchpins of democracy, reporters who demand the truth work at considerable risk — personal insults, job loss, and the broad brush of “fake news” lobbed at them from politicians with a lot to lose. But systematic attacks on the press, now …
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Inside Guatemala’s grassroots movement to protect “the most vital liquid”
The first thing you notice in Esperancita del Rio — a tiny farming village in northern Guatemala’s lush Alta Verapaz region — is the quiet. The gentle bubbling of the nearby San Roman river, the whinnying of a family of horses… and that’s about it. But every 15 minutes, a massive truck roars down the …
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AJWS Asked for Public Comment on Lantos Human Rights Commission
This year, the United States has assumed the rotating Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20), a summit championing economic cooperation among the world’s largest economies. On March 5, the House of Representative’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hosted a hearing to explore ways the Trump administration can “elevate human rights issues” during the G20 …
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The anti-dam movement goes global
While hydroelectric dams can seem like a clean and renewable energy source, they cause greenhouse gas emissions, destroy habitats and violate the human rights of the communities they displace. Too often, these projects are pushed forward without consultation with the communities that will be affected by them. AJWS’s partners work with communities threatened by proposed …
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