The Rebuilding Alliance - Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign: Building Story

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 develops each rebuilding project, coordinating with partner Palestinian and Israeli NGOs local to each site, and with filmmakers and peace groups to tell their story. She brought Nasrallah and Corrie families together in a U.S. speaking tour in June – now building begins for the Nasrallah home in Gaza. Completed: 6 homes, a kindergarten, & a peace center in E. Jerusalem & the West Bank.

Dr. Eyad El-Serraj - Chairman, 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

Jawdat Al -Khoudari - Cofounder, SAK1 Engineering Inc.
Since 1987, Mr. Khoudary has served as Chairman of the Board for the Saqa and Khoudary Contracting Company, one of the largest contracting firms operating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. His contracting group made significant contributions to landmark infrastructure development projects in Palestine, including projects funded by USAID.

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