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Below are links to projects and people that appear in the Ziv Annual Report. In addition, we have a second links page for other people and places that we want to bring to your attention.

The Forgotten People Fund (FPF) is dedicated to helping Ethiopian families in Netanya and surrounding communities so that the children in these families will realize their full potential. Our target is Ethiopian families living below the poverty line. We work with all the social workers who have Ethiopian families as their clients and we also cooperate with school counselors and health workers who report problems to us and ask for FPF’s intervention. We meet with the families and discuss the best ways in which we can help them.

The IFLA has extended over $8 million in interest-free loans to more than 8,500 new immigrants and their families from the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Ethiopia, and to Israeli families in need.

Educate the Children is dedicated to helping raise the level of learning of children in the poorest school districts in the USA, by providing them and their teachers with reading books, computers, printers, school supplies and equipment that will increase their interest, motivation and enthusiasm for learning.

Camp To Belong , an international non-profit organization, has been actively reuniting brothers and sisters placed in separate foster, adoptive or kinship homes through camp programs and reunions since 1995. Our primary goal is to provide a sense of belonging to youth as individuals, and as siblings, giving them opportunities to share childhood memories together and among other youth in the same situations.

INTRA - The Israel National Therapeutic Riding Association is committed to teaching equine skills and horseback riding to people with a wide variety of disabilities. The center is located in an idyllic setting on the Mediterranean coastline in the village of Neurim, North of Tel Aviv.

A Package From Home , is just that. Sending care packages to IDF soldiers. Their mission is to strengthen the spirit and resolve of each Israeli soldier, and to show our appreciation for the sacrifices they are making in securing our safety and our survival.

St. Joseph's Baby Corner routinely provides families with items such as car seats, portacribs, diapers, clothing, detergent, and digital thermometers; none of these items can be acquired with subsidies from public assistance programs.

Books, Bears & Bonnets, Inc. ™ is dedicated to helping children and adults cope with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses by bringing caring gifts, thoughts and information to people fighting for their lives.

Birthday Angels make birthdays happen! It's hard to believe that in our day and age, many children don't celebrate their birthday because of financial hardships (even in a modern country like Israel). Most of these underprivileged children don't even know what day their birthday is on!

Bayit Cham offers rehabilitation, support and guidance for mentally ill people. The main focus of its activities is to rehabilitate these people by placing them in the mainstream working environment.

GiftOfLife Promotes bone marrow testing drives, offering advice and assistance to those who need a transplant, and serving as a vital re-source center (particularly within the Jewish community) — they have formed the Gift of Life Foundation Marrow Donor Registry.

YAD CHESSED CHARITY FUND Yad Chessed Charity Fund was formed to help needy people primarily in the Boston area. The Fund provides financial assistance to needy individuals either in the form of grants, monthly food certificates or loans.

Bet Hayeled is a group home that serves orphaned children or children from abusive homes who have been referred by the State's social service network. The home specializes in children who can not be retuned to their homes and need to rebuild their life in a warm nurturing community. They have pledged to be their “family” and see them through (both emotionally and financially) the next stages of life. In short, their mission is to extract these children from the cycle of distress, while creating a framework that allows them to integrate into and contribute to society.

Mitzvah Clowns is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to both the fulfillment of completing Mitzvot while bringing joy to the elderly and those in need by bringing smiles and companionship to the sick and the aged, and enhance youngsters' self confidence while introducing them to the joy of doing mitzvot.

Located just 20 Miles from Tel-Aviv the Israel Guide Dog Center helps blind Israelis regain their independence.

Project Ezra - is an independent, non-profit grass-roots organization serving the frail elderly on New York's Lower East Side. We provide a variety of services to a largely homebound population. We are not a member of any Federation or umbrella organization. We do not seek or accept government funds and our existence depends on the tzedakah (justice impulse) of the community at large. There is an exceedingly sensitive and appropriate phrase in the Yom Kippur liturgy: "Do not forsake us in our old age; as our strength seeps away, do not abandon us."

Delta Society - Millions of Keys ($800)*: Delta Society knows or can find out everything you need to know about animals-as-Mitzvah-animals: animals as companions, animals visiting patients in hospitals, animals in old age homes...dogs, cats, birds, llamas, horses, fish. For example, if you want to know about the study which proves that you are more likely to survive a year after a heart attack if you own a pet, or if you need to find a match-a-pet- with-an-Elder program, they have all of the information

Independent Transportation Network® and ITNAmerica™ provide a community-based, and community supported, economically viable and consumer-oriented, quality transportation service for seniors.

KAVOD is a non-profit tzedakah collective that provides assistance primarily to organizations that aid Jews and non-Jews living in the United States and Israel.

A Synagogue Mitzvah Garden. The idea is simple enough: dig up part of the synagogue lawn, plant a vegetable garden, and donate the produce to a local soup kitchen.

MayaWorks kippot are crocheted by Mayan women who live in San Marcos, Guatemala, on the shores of Lake Atitlan, they are beautiful. MayaWorks, the organization that sells them, is devoted to reducing poverty and illiteracy by creating markets for the hand-woven products of local artisans — which now include yarmulkas. We are stunned by the profound effect our purchases have had on the people in these villages.

Songs of Love is a network of songwriters and performers who write individual, personalized songs for children with life-threatening illnesses.  Imagine the joy and wonder in the eyes of critically-ill children when they hear the CD of a song written specifically about them and performed just for their own enjoyment.

Migrant Association of South Florida (MASF) helps migrant children and guides them to become productive citizens of the community.

Second Wind Dreams, a non-profit organization, was designed to fulfill the dreams of the elderly, who are the gems of our society.

Dental Volunteers for Israel, (DVI) operates a dental and prevention clinic which provides free of charge dental treatments for children ages 5-18 from underprivileged families of all religions in Jerusalem.

The  Boston Jewish Medically Uninsured Project (BJMUP) fills a serious void in any Jewish community's continuum of programs: it provides free medical care for Jewish people who cannot afford insurance.

Clearwater Marine Aquarium  Web site is filled with information on marine mammals, sea turtles, and other creatures

Birds of Prey Foundation treats injured and orphaned wildlife, primarily raptors, such as eagles, hawks, falcons and owls fosters compassion for wildlife in distress and teach new generations continuously improves the high quality care and housing of captive raptors

Our Mission — To Create a “Jewish Community Without Walls.” The Jewish Appleseed Foundation has three basic goals:  To reach out to Jews with liberal Jewish spiritual and educational programs, To provide information about Judaism to all who are interested, and To build interfaith understanding between Jews and non-Jews.

HOSTS for HOSPITALS ("HfH") is a nonprofit agency providing free lodging and support at volunteer-host homes as a caring response to the housing needs of patients and their families who come to the Greater Philadelphia area for specialized medical care.

The  North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry  (NACOEJ) was working in Ethiopia from the outset of the struggle to get Jews safely to Israel.

The Books For Israel Project  is a wholly-volunteer, grassroots effort begun in 2002 to help Israel's children and their teachers continue with the vital task of achieving English language literacy through public school education despite the economic, emotional, and psychological hardships imposed by the constant threat of terror against Israel's civilian population.

The 5th grade students of a Quincy, MA, school have accomplished the seemingly-impossible.  They raised $150,000 to build a school for more than 250 poor, working children in Pakistan.  Their inspiration: Iqbal Masih, a young Pakistani child who had come to America to speak out against the horrors of child labor.

Giraffe Project. We're free flacks for heroes -- finding, commending and publicizing people who stick their necks out for the common good. Our mission is to get others to follow their lead.

Casting For Recovery (CFR) is a nationally recognized not for profit program established in 1996.  It provides an opportunity for women whose lives have been profoundly affected by breast cancer to experience physical, emotional, and spiritual healing through retreats in a beautiful natural setting; and learn fly-fishing, a sport for life.

Shalva - which means ‘peace of mind" - provides families of mentally and physically challenged children with the support systems needed to raise their child at home.

a-vo-da:   Hebrew, meaning: work worship service, and an exciting new program that brings these three together AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps is a year long community service program for young Jews who want to work on America's pressing social problems.

Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) has matched more than 800 dogs with individuals who use wheelchairs or are hearing impaired. These dogs perform many tasks for the disabled person, making their lives much easier. (CCI also trains other service dogs.) Get their materials and wonderful videos.

The Potato Project The Potato People gather tons of produce for food banks and shelters not meet supermarket standards but is nevertheless nutritious and still quite edible, and (2) gleaning the fields. Here are their numbers: since 1983, 203,000,000 pounds of produce; in recent years they have averaged 15,000,000 pounds a year, and in 1996, 9,970 gleaners nationwide brought in 4,500,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables.

Devoted people at Rachel’s Table pick up food from both Jewish events and local businesses and deliver it to several programs that feed hungry people.

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

Shop Well With You is an organization that helps women with a history of cancer improve their quality of life by using clothing as a creative means towards wellness.

Washington Area Gleaning Network (WAGN)

Eden Alternative seeks to eliminate the three plagues of the Long Term Care institution - Loneliness, Helplessness and Boredom Reprinted from Aging Today, January/February 1997 Teaching The Eden Alternative

Ranya Kelly, The Shoe Woman of Denver.  is a housewife and mother. One day she found 500 pairs of new shoes in a dumpster in early 1986 and distributed them to a local shelter. Now, her The Redistribution Center gathers and distributes millions of dollars worth of food, clothing, building supplies, toys, furniture, household goods and other items.

Family to Family is dedicated to connecting families with more to families with less. The program creates a bridge between upscale suburban communities and some of our country's most impoverished areas.

North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) is a resource center and umbrella organization for 500 riding centers, representing more than 32,000 riders.

Wilderness Inquiry, takes able-bodied and disabled people together on incredible adventure trips: canoeing, horseback treks through the West, river rafting, and other exciting adventures.

Threatened and Endangered Monkeys   Lucy Wormser’s Pacific Primate Sanctuary on Maui is a non-profit wildlife conservation organization that is dedicated to the protection, preservation, and propagation of threatened, endangered, and distressed primates.

CHAI is proud to play an important role in the struggle to improve the treatment of animals in Israel.

Recovered Medical Equipment for the Developing World (REMEDY) is Dr. William Rosenblatt’s program which gathers surgical supplies and ships them to the Third World, the Former Soviet Union, and other countries where they are desperately needed.

G'vanim is involved in development and management of services for disabled individuals, programs for children and youth at risk, programs that strengthen the family unit, early detection and treatment of infants and preschool age children with development problems , community organization projects in Sderot, and development of a model of community based volunteer programs that will be used in 15 additional communities throughout Israel. .

The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) provides monthly financial support to nearly 1,600 aged and needy non-Jews who risked their lives to rescue Jews during the Holocaust. The Foundation also runs a national education program that equips teachers with the knowledge and the resources to teach the Holocaust effectively in middle and high schools.