"Our
strength is in our flexible responses and accessible programming,
not in a rigid and expensive infrastructure that couldn't survive
without our aid.
We provide both leadership training programs
and an ongoing support network. The leaders we train go on to
build strong networks of women who work on the grassroots level
to improve their society - community by community. The impact
has been astounding."
- Executive Director Karyn Gershon
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Our Beit Binah program has created 69 semi-monthly Torah study
groups that explore the connection between Jewish text and community
activism;
- This past year, Project Kesher organized more than 600 Jewish
communal holiday celebrations in more than 150 communities throughout
the region involving thousands of participants;
- As the leading organization bringing the worldwide campaign,
16 Days to End Domestic Violence to the CIS, we engaged more
than 101 Project Kesher groups and 362 different ethnic, non-profit
and governmental organizations in educational programs and advocacy
for better laws and enforcement;
- Project Kesher partnered with the American Bar Association
in Moscow (CEELI) and provided half of the participants in their
annual advocate training program resulting in legal assistance
to more than 200 women who have been victims of domestic violence;
- Our activists initiated a highly successful anti-trafficking
seminar for college students, 'Life Abroad, Myths and Reality,'
that has been replicated in dozens of communities throughout
the CIS;
- Next Generation Programming creates programming for women
ages 18-30 years old, focusing on Jewish identity and community
activism. This past year, in collaboration with Hillel: The
Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, we began development of programming
on 8 college campuses in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and continued
post-college activism for Jewish women in Georgia;
- Mother-Daughter Retreats provide opportunities for Jewish
learning, communication skills development and community activism
training. This past year, 25 mother-daughter pairs participated;
- More than 11,000 women have now graduated from ORT Keshernet
Computer Centers which provide computer and vocational training
to women, with priority given to those at risk.
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