The Rebuilding Alliance - Village Needs Library and Chance to Thrive

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 of the Rebuilding Alliance
Engineer graduate from MIT who founded the Rebuilding Alliance in 2003 to aid families and communities living in war zones or areas of occupation. Donna met with Haj Sami Sadik in 2003, just after the Israeli High Court ruled in favor of the village, and agreed to help rebuild their kindergarten.

Haj Sami Sadik Sbaih - Village Council Head
Haj Sami Sadik learned to speak fluent Hebrew when he was in hospital in Israel. He is a professionally trained nurse, providing care at the medical clinic in his village. Elected as head of the village council, he works fulltime plus in an effort to welcome everyone and save his village.

Rawhieh El Sabeeh - Head of the Al Aqabah Rural Women's Association
Caregiver to Haj Sami Sadik (who is in a wheelchair), who will be joining him for the U.S. speaking tour this September, 2008.

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