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Haiti Resources
Are you traveling with us? Or just interested in learning more about human rights issues in Haiti? Below is a list of books and articles that we recommend to delve deeper into this topic. Nonfiction Haiti After the Earthquake by Paul FarmerOn January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake laid waste to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing hundreds …
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Are you traveling with us? Or just interested in learning more about human rights issues in Guatemala? Below is a list of books and articles that we recommend to delve deeper into this topic. Books I, Rigoberta Menchú by Rigoberta MenchúA tragic and moving story of Mayan life and government repression, told by Guatemala’s Mayan …
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Leading Jewish Human Rights Group Urges President Obama to Protect Refugees from Burma
The U.S. must use all means available to rescue the Rohingya people, a persecuted religious and ethnic minority New York, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, is urging President Barack Obama to use all means available to rescue the 6,000-plus members of the Rohingya community …
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On the Ground in Nepal: 4th Update from AJWS Staff
AJWS’s Director of Disaster Response & International Operations, Samantha Wolthuis, and Associate Director of Risk Management and Administrative Services, Aaron Acharya, traveled to Nepal last week to lead AJWS’s response to the earthquake. This is the fourth on-the-ground update from Samantha and Aaron. Read their first, second, and third updates. Yesterday, we headed east to the Kavrepalanchok district, …
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On the Ground in Nepal: 3rd Update from AJWS Staff
AJWS’s former Director of Disaster Response & International Operations, Samantha Wolthuis, and former Associate Director of Risk Management and Administrative Services, Aaron Acharya, were in Nepal leading AJWS’s earthquake response. This is the third on-the-ground update from Samantha and Aaron. Read their first update here and their second update here. Aaron wrote the update below after …
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On the Ground in Nepal: 2nd Update from AJWS Staff
AJWS’s Director of Disaster Response & International Operations, Samantha Wolthuis, and Associate Director of Risk Management and Administrative Services, Aaron Acharya, are in Nepal this week leading our response to the earthquake. This is the second on-the-ground update from Samantha and Aaron. Read their first update here. Today, Aaron and I went on a site …
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Media Advisory: New US Special Envoy for LGBT Persons will join Ugandan Human Rights Advocate to Speak at National Policy Summit for American Jewish World Service
Washington, D.C. – Randy Berry, newly appointed as the first ever U.S. State Dept. Special Envoy for the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons, will speak at the American Jewish World Service (AJWS) Policy Summit on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Berry will be joined by Dr. Hilda Tadria, founder and current executive director of the Mentoring and Empowerment Program for Young Women (MEMPROW).
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On the Ground in Nepal: 1st Update from AJWS Staff
It has now been 10 days since Nepal was struck by the deadliest earthquake to hit the country since 1934. The death toll has exceeded 7,500 and the United Nations reports that millions are affected. AJWS set up our Earthquake Emergency Relief Fund within hours of the earthquake and we’re providing immediate support and humanitarian relief to six organizations …
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AJWS Responds to the Earthquake in Nepal
The devastation of last Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal is just beginning to sink in. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25th was the worst quake to hit the country since 1934. Eyewitnesses report that historic buildings, including seven major temples, have been destroyed near Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and the force of the quake …
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