The Rebuilding Alliance - The Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign in Gaza

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 holds a B.S. in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. from the University of Hawaii. She is also president of the Woodside / Portola Valley Rotary Club. She began learning about Middle East peacemaking in 1996 when her proposal to create an education development in the region led to visits with teachers and principals throughout

Dr. Samir Nasrallah - Pharmacist
The Nasrallah family is 1 of 3 parties signing-off construction of the home. Dr. Samir, a pharmacist at Rafah’s central clinic, lives with wife Intiman & children Kareem, Reem, & Iman. “We decided to save our home with our bodies, by living in it.” The family stayed until tanks tore trenches around the home, then they moved 6 times. Their rental apartment was 1 of 90 homes demolished in 5-04.

Dr. Eyad El-Serraj - GazaCommunityMentalHealth Prog
GCMHP receives the grant from TRA, maintains transparency, and disburses funds as milestones are signed-off. Dr. Eyad El-Sarraj founded GCMHP and is the Commissioner-General of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights. He has presented informational briefs in the Rayburn Building of Congress, and in speaking tours worldwide. To read his papers, check http://www.gcmhp.net/eyad

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