Road to Recovery builds and promotes co-existence between Israeli and Palestinians by engaging thousands of Israeli volunteers to drive Palestinians – mostly children – requiring medical treatment from border crossings to Israeli hospitals, and back. Along the way, friendships are built, good will is established, and seeds of peace are planted.
JSurge practices and teaches Tikkun Olam, repairing the world, as Judaism envisioning a more ideal and just world.
With your support, we help individuals and families in extreme need, and also partner with organizations addressing some of the most vexing systemic challenges in their communities and beyond – from pursuing food justice and women’s dignity, to alleviating poverty and health disparities.
Some of our partner/grantee organizations:
Free Store 15104
For residents of Braddock, PA – a struggling, under-resourced community still suffering from the collapse of the region’s steel industry decades ago – Free Store 15104 is an oasis of hope. There, they can select free items – from clothing to household items and school supplies – donated by individuals, non-profits, and corporations, all in a supportive and community-minded space. Free Store 15104 is an initiative of For Good PGH.
Unchained at Last
Unchained at Last works to end forced and child marriage in the United States. The organization provides crucial legal and social services to help women, girls and others escape arranged/forced marriages … while leading a national movement to eliminate the legality of child marriage in every state and at the federal level. Recently, Unchained at Last succeeded in moving New York to become the sixth state to outlaw child marriage.
Gabriel Project Mumbai
Gabriel Project Mumbai works to eradicate poverty, injustice and inequity in the underserved urban slums of Mumbai, India, and in marginalized rural tribal villages of Maharashtra, India. The organization focuses on nutrition, education, health, livelihoods and community development in an integrated way as it uplifts individuals, families and collectives to build sustainable futures.