Union of Jewish Women of South Africa
The Union of Jewish Women of South Africa (UJW of SA), established in 1931, is a dynamic national organisation which has branches in six major cities around the country. We concentrate our efforts on two sections of society: the needy in our own Jewish communities in the six cities and on the disadvantaged in the general communities from these areas.
Click here to read the UJW 2022 Newsletter
JEWISH COMMUNITY PROJECTS:
· Rehabilitative equipment loaned
· Luncheons for lonely, elderly
· Free therapies/educational assessments/medical attention for needy children
· Funds raised for: synagogues, schools, institutions for aged and intellectually challenged, youth organisations, security organisation, medical emergency service
· Panic buttons supplied to elderly
· Adult Education lectures and outings
· Birthday cakes supplied for residents at homes for intellectually challenged people and children’s homes
ISRAEL PROJECTS:
· Operation Jonathan – financial aid for wounded Israeli soldiers for tertiary education
· Financial support for Parasitology Laboratory at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
GENERAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS:
· Comfort rooms refurbished for rape and abuse survivors
· Clothing and toiletry packs for rape survivors
· Cancer, HIV/AIDS projects
· Feeding scheme for child- and granny-headed families
· Meals and soup kitchens in clinics and disadvantaged areas
· Programmes for women prisoners
· Equipment donated to disabled, hearing and visually impaired
· Homes for aged supported
· Child protection units at police stations supported and assisted
· Support and assistance given to schools for intellectually challenged learners
· Crèches and kindergarten schools equipped
· Libraries established at schools
· Skills training and empowerment programmes
· Blankets given to winter warmth projects
· Self-help vegetable gardens initiated
· Continuing educational programmes, lectures, outings
· Friendship circles
· Cakes supplied to police stations and birthday cakes to children at children’s homes.
Website: www.ujw.co.za