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'''American Jewish World Service (AJWS)''' is an international development organization motivated by Judaism’s imperative to pursue justice. AJWS currently works with community-based organizations in 34 countries in the developing world. |
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== Mission Statement == |
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American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization motivated by Judaism’s imperative to pursue justice. AJWS is dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of race, religion or nationality. Through grants to grassroots organizations, volunteer service, advocacy and education, AJWS fosters civil society, sustainable development and human rights for all people, while promoting the values and responsibilities of global citizenship within the Jewish community.<ref>http://ajws.org/who_we_are/</ref> |
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Founded in 1985, AJWS is currently headed by [[Ruth Messinger]]. |
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== Grantmaking == |
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AJWS provides grants to grassroots organizations that emphasize health, education, economic development, disaster relief, and social and political change in the developing world. AJWS prioritizes work with women, youth, ethnic, religious and sexual minorities, indigenous people, refugees and IDPs (internally displaced persons), and people living with HIV/AIDS.<ref>http://www.interaction.org/members/ajws</ref> |
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== Service == |
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AJWS offers service volunteer opportunities for Jewish people seeking to build a more just and sustainable world. AJWS service programs provide unique travel, work and learning opportunities for both individuals and groups. These programs integrate Jewish values and study into the developing world experience, and help create lasting change. In addition, the AJWS alumni community provides a growing range of opportunities to continue the social justice experience after returning from the field.<ref>http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/giving/11TRAVEL.html?scp=10&sq=american%20jewish%20world%20service&st=cse</ref> |
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== Advocacy == |
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Raising awareness and influencing U.S. international policies and funding in relation to human rights, global health and poverty is an integral component of AJWS’s work. In partnership with our grantees, we advocate for U.S. engagement to help find peaceful and just resolutions to the world’s worst conflicts and to provide support to rebuild societies devastated by crisis. |
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== Education == |
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AJWS seeks to make the pursuit of global justice an integral part of American Jewish identity. We bring Jewish perspectives to bear on many dimensions of global poverty through teaching and publishing materials that are true to Jewish tradition and responsive to the unique challenges of the 21st century.<ref>http://newsblaze.com/story/2009021705031200049.pnw/topstory.html</ref> |
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==References== |
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