The Rebuilding Alliance

Mission

A nonprofit organization, rebuilds homes & communities in regions of war & occupation. We advocate for policies towards these regions based on human rights & international law. With mutual commitment to justice, we create alliances among our supporters, partners, & those who suffer injustice & violence, yet resist through rebuilding. Our projects are symbols of hope that offer people around the world immediate ways to make peace, starting with the tangible support of a family's right to a home.

Programs

On May 24, 2007, we completed the building of a new home for the Gaza family whom Rachel Corrie sought to protect. In Gaza, their family and friends pitched in to make the home beautiful. Our “Contact Congress Teleconferences” reached ten elected leaders to advocate to save specific homes and communities from demolition and to intervene to help Americans get visa permission to continue to live with their families in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign, Gaza 2nd Home	Village Needs Library and Chance to Thrive	Rebuilding Hope: Veterans & Others w Disabilities	Saving West Bank Kindergarten & its Village
Organic Olive Oil from Palestine, a Social Venture	Beam of Light: Ramadan Soccer Tournament in Rafah	Abir's Garden: A Playground for Si'ir Girls School

Personnel Overview

Donna Baranski-Walker - Executive Director, Rebuilding Alliance
In 1990, Donna wrote a NY Times op-ed describing a way to end the then stand-off with Iraq without war which was translated into Arabic and presented to the Iraqi Women’s Federation. She’s been working to link good neighbors for peace ever since. Her proposal connecting teachers brought her to Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. Donna is an engineer, graduate of M.I.T. and the University of Hawaii.

Hussam El Nounou - Public Relations Coordinator, GCMHP
Mr. Hussam El Nounou is part of the founding team of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) along with Dr Eyad El Sarraj. GCMHP is the Palestinian NGO that partners with the Rebuilding Alliance in the Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign in Gaza. He deeply believes in peace & coexistence and sees this as a human rights issue, one that ordinary people can impact.

Ali Al-Bahry - Physiotherapist, GCMHP
A graduate of Belgrade University in 1985, Ali Bahri became the first physiotherapist in Gaza Strip. Working 16 years in this field, six of them with the GCMHP, Ali's knowledge and long experience help hundreds of patients throughout Gaza deal with post traumatic stress syndrome, a very real consequence of daily life in the region.

Personnel Statistics

Donna Baranski-Walker,
Executive Director
Founded in 2003
Employees: 2
Volunteers: 120

Financial Statistics

Budget (2006): $ 73,145
Budget (2005): $ 120,000
Maximum Budget: $ 322,291
Overhead: 17 %
Other funding sources: speaking events, grants from foundations, religious groups, Rotary Clubs.
Religious Affiliation: none