Rabbis for Human Rights is a human rights organisation that focuses on three main areas, working in the Occupied Territories, promoting social and economic justice in Israel and working in education to promote interreligious dialogue. It was founded in 1988 in response to human right violations taking place in the Read more…
On July 30th 2021 our China team supported 80 families in Kun Lun Village. They worked with the government to identify the poor and vulnerable who needed help. They donated 10kg of rice, 5litres of oil and some monetary support to each of these 80 families. Below are some photos Read more…
ORFL Charity Donations 2020 ORFL focus in creating positive change is through supporting education, communities and empowering people out of poverty through job creation. Unfortunately, 2020 has forced schools to close and many to be pushed into poverty with record high unemployment. Many of the projects we usually support Read more…
Date: 22nd of October 2019 Location: 13 King David Street Meet: Louis Frankenthaler Development Director, Rabbi Michael Marmur Director, Avi Dabush Executive Director, Rabbi Nava Hefetz Education Director In 2019 ORFL sent our normal support to RHR, general fund support, Rabbinical Student support. We also sent additional support for their Read more…
In August 2018 ORFL decided to support Needslist. Needslist is a humanitarian aid tech start up. It is a platform that connects donors to NGOs working on site, locally and directly with people in need. On the Needslist platform NGOs who are serving people in crisis find out their Read more…
Thanks to our China team, in 2017 we were able to help the poorest of the poor in Jiangmen and surrounding towns. Our China team consisted of Mr Li, Apple, Sally, Lindy, Anita, Kerry, Alon and Nora this year, they worked with the government to identify the poorest of the Read more…
ORFL has been working with Mercy Corp to increase smallholder farmer incomes through catalyzing community-led, market-driven solutions, building co-operatives and supporting innovations such as E-Commerce and low cost technical traceable solutions. The challenges facing rural China require working in partnership with the private sector, local governments and civil society actors Read more…
Mercy Corps E-commerce for small-hold farmers ORFL partnered with Mercy Corps to carry out an e-commerce project for small-hold farmers in Ya’an and Pian Ma and Da Ying. This project started in March 2016 and aimed to give the farmers and their communities skills to; set up and design online Read more…
Favela Vila Palmeira in Novo Hambergo In 2012 the Overseas Resources foundation limited (ORFL) supported the Regina Comunidade project which was started by Sisters from the Hospital Regina (which belongs to Sister of Santa Catarina). This project aims to promote healthcare in all areas in Vila Palmeira, Brazil. Half of Read more…
A Franchise Selling Mobile Phone Minutes To The Poor Grameen Foundation with its ground-breaking AppsLabs team developed a mobile phone- based business idea to reduce the level of poverty in Indonesia. The result was PT Ruma, a micro-franchise business that empowers poor women to start their own digital technology business. Read more…