Current Education Projects:

ACT (Activist Certification and Training)
Youth Inspiring Youth to Take Action on Darfur

ACT is JWW's Activism Certification and Training program. Through this program, young people can earn certification as official Youth Activists by learning the skills of education, advocacy, and refugee relief first-hand. Working in Activist Circles, JWW youth activist clubs that have formed at various high schools throughout Los Angeles, students commit to completing three projects throughout the year: one each in the themes of Education, Advocacy, and Refugee Relief. Students also get together for program-wide events, working together in collective activist projects.

For more information about our ACT Program, please contact info@JewishWorldWatch.org.

SPEAKERS' BUREAU:
Raising Awareness in Southern California

Jewish World Watch trains qualified speakers to provide a multi-media educational presentation suitable for groups of any size and age. With dozens of speakers trained and hundreds of speaking requests filled, JWW has filled an important role in raising awareness about the Darfur crisis in Southern California.

Jewish World Watch can accommodate audiences from as young as ten years old and up. We provide a fully trained speaker, equipped with the multi-media presentation and all necessary technology. Our Speakers' Bureau serves the Southern California area.

Please click here to Request a Speaker!

Current Advocacy Projects:

30 SECOND ACTIONS
See What 30 Seconds of Your Time Could Do!

JWW has begun a campaign of 30-Second Actions, quick-click postcards that allow visitors to our site to take immediate action to end the genocide in Darfur. There is nothing more important to creating change for the people of Darfur than immediate and robust pressure on governments and international actors by their constituents. JWW is providing current, quick and easy ways for everyone to get involved in this important issue.

Take action now!  

DIVESTMENT

JWW supports and advocates for a method of economic pressure on the government of Sudan called "targeted divestment". As the ultimate goal in our divestment campaign is to protect the victims in Darfur, the targeted divestment model which JWW supports is crafted so as to maximize the impact on the Sudanese government and its policies while they minimize adverse impacts on the innocent Sudanese people JWW is trying to help. The divestment awareness campaign targets companies that are complicit in the genocide or that are benefiting from it, and companies that have refused to take a stance against the atrocities, but that offer only minimal benefits to the country's oppressed and underprivileged.

JWW encourages all people to take action to end the genocide in Darfur by supporting individual, local, and state divestment campaigns.

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CONFLICT PREVENTION IN DARFUR

JWW is supporting International Crisis Group (ICG), a key research and advocacy organization with a long history in Sudan, in completing research on the current situation in Darfur. JWW's grant to ICG allows that research to be directed towards a key ICG publication on the security situation in Darfur. The publication will generate practical and specific policy recommendations aimed at advancing and supporting peace processes and mobilizing political support in the immediate region, key African capitals, Europe, North America and the international community at large for the implementation of these policy recommendations. As an organization with decades of experience in policy making and advising, support of ICG's work is an important complement to JWW's advocacy mission.

ICG Grant Proposal

Current Refugee Relief Projects:

SOLAR COOKER PROJECT
Protecting the Women of Darfur

Jewish World Watch's landmark Solar Cooker project aims to improve the safety and survival of women in refugee camps in Chad. Women and girls risk rape and other forms of gender-based violence when leaving the relative safety of the camps to collect wood - essential for cooking the basic food supplies provided by relief agencies. To combat the incidence of rape, Jewish World Watch has partnered with KoZon Foundation and Solar Cookers International (SCI) to expand access to solar cookers for Darfur refugee women at four camps in Chad.

Solar cookers built by the women of the camps cook tasty and nutritious meals with a few hours of free, renewable sunshine and saves one ton of fuelwood each year. The project enables refugee families to solar cook, save money and reduce the risks associated with venturing out of the camp.

Solar cookers provide a sustainable solution to meet the urgent need for cooking energy alternatives for Darfur refugee families. By supporting the Solar Cooker project, Jewish World Watch is bringing hope and life-saving assistance to Darfur refugees living in Chad.

Jewish World Watch began supporting this project in May 2006. Together with the KoZon Foundation and Solar Cookers International, two organizations with extensive experience in disseminating solar cookers in refugee camps on the African continent. The project enables refugee families to solar cook, save money and reduce the risks associated with venturing out of the camp. Solar cookers provide a sustainable solution to meet the urgent need for cooking energy alternatives for Darfur refugee families. By supporting the Solar Cooker project, Jewish World Watch is bringing hope and life-saving assistance to Darfur refugees living in Chad.

SISTER SCHOOLS

An entire generation of Darfuri children is growing up in refugee camps with little or no schooling, leaving them susceptible to abduction as child soldiers and with little hope for a productive future. The people of Darfur want a future with skilled, knowledgeable leaders. They want their children to have an education and the hope and promise that education brings.

JWW, in partnership with the Darfur Dream Team and top NBA players, is sponsoring the building, staffing and equipping of the Sudan Djedid (New Sudan) and Ali Dinar B School in the Djabal refugee camp in Eastern Chad. The schools will serve over 1400 students and will be the first in a series of schools built in the 12 Darfuri refugee camps in Chad.

DILLON HENRY YOUTH CENTERS

In partnership with the Dillon Henry Foundation, JWW is restoring a system of youth centers in the Oure Cassoni refugee camp. These “child-safe spaces” provide children with a physically and psychologically safe space to interact with their peers, play team sports and participate in informal educational activities, including the development and publication of a youth-run camp newsletter.

COMMUNITY AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SERVICES
Grief Counseling for Darfuri Refugees

Escaping violence leaves refugees traumatized an unable to engage in the simplest tasks of daily life, with their coping and survival skills largely spent during flight. In the wake of fleeing their homes, refugees struggle to build new lives for themselves in the refugee camps - a struggle that in itself can be traumatic.

A UNHCR-sponsored psychosocial assessment of the Goz Amir and Djabal camps, carried out by Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and IsraAID staff, revealed that all the refugees have suffered severe trauma and present common symptoms, including intense feelings of loss, flashbacks, anger and range, feelings of withdrawal, etc. Many also suffer from physical symptoms such as headaches, stomach aches, insomnia and changes in appetite. All of the refugees struggle to adjust to life in the camp.