The Rebuilding Alliance - Job Training for the Disabled in SF Bay Area - I

Address

The Rebuilding Alliance
235 Alma Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
United States
(650) 325-4663
http://www.RebuildingAlliance.org

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.

The Rebuilding Alliance's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Better School for Bedouin Children,Poorest of Poor
Better School for Bedouin Children,Poorest of Poor 		Job Training for the Disabled in SF Bay Area - I
Job Training for the Disabled in SF Bay Area - I 		The Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign in Gaza
The Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign in Gaza 		Abir's Garden: a Safe Place to Grow
Abir's Garden: a Safe Place to Grow
Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign: Building Story
Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign: Building Story

Personnel Overview

Donna Baranski-Walker - Executive Director
Donna founded the Rebuilding Alliance (TRA) in 2003‚ after launching the Global Campaign to Rebuild Palestinian Homes. She’s worked at SRI‚ Stanford Univ. & M.I.T. in Technology Licensing & Business Development. She worked with Monica in teaching her the use of Salesforce & its application in the job & this program evolved from their experience. She will provide overall supervision to the project.

Anchal Kumar - Technology Co-ordinator
Anchal is an engineer and she worked at IBM Software Labs in India for over 5 years. She attended Salesforce training and has customized the Salesforce software for the needs of the Rebuilding Alliance and hence has extensive experience on the use of Salesforce. She has been a key person in designing the course and will lead the proposed effort.

Monica Quinn - Clerical Assistant
Monica was referred to TRA by the Janet Pomeroy Centre & she had been looking for a job for the past year & a half before that. She completed a 4-month training on the use of Salesforce & using it to maintain donor relationships for TRA. In addition she has been successfully scheduling talks at Rotary clubs with the use of e-mail templates in Salesforce.

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