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WHAT CAN I DO?
This year we are buying solar cookers for the women in refugee camps. Your contribution of just $30 brings two solar cookers, two pots, two pot holders, a year’s supply of plastic bags, and skills training for women and children, affording them the chance to cook without having to collect firewood, where they are in constant danger of rape and murder.
Partnering with Jewish World Watch, every dollar of your tzedakah will go directly to this award-winning project, providing safety and sustenance for those whose lives are in constant danger.
ANY amount is welcome—the more you give, the more lives we save.
CHECKS made payable to Wilshire Boulevard Temple Darfur Project and sent to the Temple, 3663 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010.
CREDIT CARD contributions ($100 minimum) can be made over the telephone. Call 213.388.2401 and ask for Cristina Mauro.
SPEAK OUT! Two places to have your voice heard:
http://www.darfurgenocide.org/petitions.php and http://www.savedarfur.org/content
LEARN MORE Save Darfur and Darfur: A Genocide We Can Stop
Go to the Jewish World Watch website for Upcoming Events and find other Ways to Give.
Click on the links below to find out more on how you can help:
http://www.enoughproject.org/reports/creatingpeacedarfur
EXPERIENCE
From the Eyes of Our Congregant: Read “The Dirt of Africa” by Linda Daly"
OUR COMMITMENT
The Temple’s Tikkun Olam Committee has been relentless in its obligation to address the genocide in Darfur and Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s congregants have responded in extraordinary measure. In Spring, 2005, we created “The Darfur Project” which brought Operation USA, Maersk Shipping, and Islamic Relief (partnering for the first time with a Jewish organization) together, collaborating to fill two shipping containers with 70,000 lbs. of educational, recreational, and medical supplies and shipped to El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur.
By 2006, access to Darfur was no longer possible due to the government’s continuing crackdown on Western aid. In the spring, we partnered with American Jewish World Service and our “Darfur Project II” raised over $21,000 that went to the International Medical Corps, one of the few relief organizations able to work in Darfur. Our tzedakah helped build new water wells (replacing those poisoned by the government-backed militia) and supplement vital medical supplies.
In November, we were the proud presenters of the first screening of “Sand and Sorrow”, Paul Freedman's documentary on the on-going genocide. Several hundred congregants and citizens of Los Angeles filled the Sanctuary to watch the film and listen to a discussion on this tragedy by Ruth Messenger, President of the American Jewish World Service, Rabbi David Saperstein of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and Mr. Freedman.
2007 began with our Temple-wide “Dimes for Darfur,” an awareness program designed to empower our congregants to learn and speak out about the situation. Twenty dimes bought a green “Darfur awareness” wristband, and several thousands of dollars later, our community and beyond became aware of the worsening conflict.
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This Passover, we will not “leave Egypt” without Darfur—because we will not stand idly by. Join us by helping families cook and eat safely out of danger—contribute to our Darfur Project now.
