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Drought and Conflict Exacerbate Food Insecurity in Somalia
The world’s attention is fixed on the crisis in Egypt—as it should be—but there’s another crisis brewing in Somalia. IRIN reports: “An estimated 2.4 million Somalis require emergency humanitarian assistance as a result of civil unrest and food insecurity, according to the UN Food Security and Analysis Unit-Somalia. The failure of the short rains (October-December 2010) means …
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AJWS Asks American Jews to Stand in Solidarity with Uganda’s LGBTI Community
New York, NY; January 28, 2011— American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, has issued a call for members of the Jewish community to stand in solidarity with Uganda’s LGBTI community in the wake of Ugandan LGBTI activist David Kato’s murder in Kampala earlier this week. The pledge, which can …
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USAID Administrator Lauds AJWS’s Work
In his speech entitled, “The Modern Development Enterprise,” delivered at an event hosted by the Center for Global Development, USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah praised AJWS’s international development work.
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AJWS Accepting Applications from Jewish Young Adults for 18th Volunteer Summer Program
AJWS is accepting applications from Jewish young adults throughout the U.S. for its 18th Volunteer Summer program. The year-long service-learning program brings participants, between the ages of 16 and 24, to developing countries where they live and work alongside grassroots non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for seven weeks to learn about international development principles and the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam.
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Stray Cattle and a Food Crisis? How Cows in Sri Lanka are Destroying Crops and Livelihoods
Stray cattle are destroying crops? Yes, it’s true. And it’s happening in northern Sri Lanka. Currently, Sri Lankan farmers are dealing with an estimated 40,000 stray cows, grazing in herds averaging between 20 and 300, that are damaging land used to grow food and support Sri Lankan livelihoods. Despite ongoing efforts by authorities to round up …
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New Report on the Impact of U.S. Food Aid in Haiti
With the one-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake fast-approaching, many are wondering just how much progress has been made over the past 12 months and what kind of change the future holds for Haitian people. Congress has still not passed the Haiti Empowerment, Assistance and Rebuilding (HEAR) Act that would create a clear framework for reconstruction and authorize the multi-year …
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American Jewish World Service Formally Joins Sudan NOW
New York, NY; December 10, 2010—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), a human rights and international development organization, announced today that it has formally joined Sudan NOW, a campaign led by a group of prominent anti-genocide and human rights advocacy organizations committed to bringing meaningful and lasting peace to Sudan and encouraging strong American leadership and …
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Food Aid and the Agricultural Cargo Preference (ACP): What Needs to Change?
Yesterday, the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa hosted a conference on Food Aid and Agricultural Cargo Preference (ACP)—a controversial but little understood aspect of U.S. food aid programs. I caught up with AJWS’s Global Food Justice Consultant Patty Kupfer who was at the conference. Here’s the skinny: The ACP is a 56-year-old policy …
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AJWS Selects Rabbinical Students for Prestigious Speaking Fellowship
New York, NY; November 23, 2010— American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, has selected four outstanding rabbinical students for its annual “Kol Tzedek: Voices of Justice” speaking fellowship. David Fainsilber, Adam Greenwald, Leah Greenwald Jordan and Aaron Lerner are all alumni of AJWS’s Rabbinical Delegation program, which sends two …
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The Power of Indigenous Women in Peru
Most things are forgotten over time, but for Mujeres de Anta—a collective group of Quechua Indigenous women and AJWS’s partner in Cusco, Peru—no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things they can never assign to oblivion; memories they cannot rub away.
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