Dental Volunteers for Israel (DVI) operates a free dental clinic in Jerusalem for disadvantaged children and youth-at-risk. Children treated at the clinic range from 4 to 26 years old and come from all the diverse backgrounds represented in Jerusalem, including Ethiopian, Palestinian, Ultra-Orthodox and Secular Jewish Israeli children and youth. The children receive all the necessary preventative and restorative dentistry which they would not otherwise be able to afford. DVI never requests payment for any treatment. Mrs. Trudi Birger, a Holocaust survivor, who saw children’s care as her goal in life, established DVI in 1980. The clinic is operated by dentists from around the world who volunteer for periods of 1 – 2 weeks. D.V.I. treats some 50 poor children per day, most of whom are arriving for the first time in their life to a dentist, and some are even in their teens. They receive their first toothbrush and learn how to keep their teeth healthy throughout their lifetime. Dental Volunteers for Israel is proud to be a unique organization providing approx. 1,000 free treatments monthly.
We also provide free dentures to Holocaust Survivors and needy elderly aged 71+.
ELI’s mission is to protect Israel’s children and break the intergenerational cycle of abuse through a broad spectrum of services, including crisis intervention, emergency hot line, therapy, prevention programs in schools, professional education, and community awareness.
To advance this mission and have maximal impact, ELI offers services at a single point-of-entry, creating a large safety net that reduces the possibility of clients’ missing potential benefits. ELI tailors services to meet the cultural diversity within Israel, thus working with Arab, Ethiopian and other new immigrant communities, Ultra-Orthodox, special-needs populations and others. The organization provides therapy in a user-friendly manner, through a satellite system of therapists who cover a wide geographic area plus a mobile therapy unit which travels to wherever it is needed. ELI importantly invests in preventive education that includes teaching parenting skills in order to break the intergenerational cycle of abuse.
In the past year, ELI provided therapy to 4,000 children, in addition to thousands more parents and siblings, and handled 7,200 calls from abused children and/or families. No other agency in Israel focuses solely and specifically on the unique issues and methodologies for preventing and treating child abuse.
Emunah has been caring for the people of Israel since 1935 with its network of 250 social welfare and educational projects throughout the Jewish State. Learn more about our life-changing programs and help us meet the challenge of Caring for a Nation.
Family-to-Family, Inc. is a grassroots nonprofit 501(c)(3) hunger and poverty relief organization dedicated to providing food, personal hygiene products and other basic life essentials to American families struggling with the challenges of poverty.
By connecting donors one-to-one with specific families in need, Family-to-Family’s mission is to bring a large and seemingly intractable problem – poverty – into personal focus, making proactive, attainable results possible…one family at a time.
Her Best Foot Forward works with women Artisans and other women of purpose in East Africa. A US 501(c)(3), they sell beautiful, hand-beaded projects and invest 100% of net proceeds to help operate their 100% compostable sanitary pad production facility. Their sanitary pads (made by a team of women employees who do their jobs with pride!) are best in class and are provided at no cost to girls to allow them to attend school with dignity and confidence. In the developing world, a girl can miss up to 4 days of school each month, because she cannot manage her menstrual flow. Girls can quickly fall behind and lose confidence, dropping out of school completely.
Game Changers New York is a non-profit organization whose mission is to collect and distribute sports equipment for kids in need globally. Founded in 2016, Game Changers has upcycled thousands of pieces of sports equipment and has worked with over 35 partner organizations in 9 countries. With the help from their advisory and teen boards, generous sponsors, and dedicated volunteers, Game Changers is able to work towards their goal of ensuring that all kids can play sports.
Jerusalem Hills provide both a warm home and therapeutic framework for over 125 children ages 7-18, all of whom are children-at-risk with severe emotional, behavioral and learning disorders. The children come from all parts of Israel. Many of them have been victims of abuse – emotional, physical and sexual – and some are placed at our facilities by court order.
JFS of Middlesex County is committed to helping individuals and families by providing social services, counseling and advocacy. Our programs include Elder day care, Kosher Meals on Wheels, Career and Vocational Services, Immigrant and Refugee services, Women’s Center, Family and Children’s counseling, workshops, computer and media lab training, ESL training, Holocaust survivor support services, translation and interpretation, recovery assistance, assessments, support groups, SMP (Senior Medicare Patrol), SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) and volunteer services including RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program).
Keeping Babies Safe is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides education, assistance, advocacy and leadership in the development of safer children’s products and practices.
Instrumental in government level activism, we helped foster passage of national crib safety regulations and are working through manufacturers, retailers and the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban dangerous supplemental mattresses. More, we are here to educate parents and the public about protecting babies against unsafe sleep environments and preventing injuries associated with unsafe cribs.
As a dedicated resource for free information about the most reliable crib and sleep safety information, safety tips, and product recall information, we help parents, caregivers and hospital personnel stay vigilant about keeping babies safe in their nurseries.
Kids Helping Kids (KHK) is a non-profit dedicated to developing leadership skills through youth-led service projects. Since KHK’s creation in 2009, KHK has over 5,000 volunteers from 132 schools and is open and free for students from all socioeconomic backgrounds to participate in.
