 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American Jewish World ServiceOver the past two years, two members of the Boulder Aish Kodesh community have engaged in tikkun olam on an international level of service, mentorship and volunteer group leadership. As group leaders for American Jewish World Service's Volunteer Summer program, Udi Lazimy (2006)and Kalman Sweetwine (2007) have led groups of Jewish college student volunteers from around the world to indigenous villages in the developing world to engage in cultural exchange and sustainable developement work. Udi served as a leader of a group in a small indigenous Mayan refugee village in central Guatemala, overseeing the group's work on a cooperative project with the community to rebuild the rainwater drainage infrustructure of the village, and also to facilitate educational opportunities for the volunteers. Kalman is currently leading a group of volunteers in Uganda for AJWS. 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. Kalman Sweetwine is in Uganda, Africa with AJWS until the middle of August 2007. We hope to post details of his work with a group of young adults here soon. July 27th update : Click here In August 2006, Udi Lazimy returned from Guatamala where he worked with a team of Jews helping the Maya Achi people rebuild their community. Read his story here. Click here Udi Lazimy School of Public Affairs University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center 303-579-8592 lazimy@hotmail.com Social Action - Tikkun Olam SurveyWhat is in your heart as an important way to "Repair the world" ? Here is a survey about what members of our community would like to do about social action. Please take 5 minutes to fill it out and send it on to Rachel.Stanley@colorado.edu Click here for Tikkun Olam Survey |
Last modified: 11:29 PM 7/26/2007