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.
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