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Gary Tolchinsky’s Emergency Campaign to Feed Ethiopian Jews

This Project Concluded July 2011
JEWS STILL IN ETHIOPIA NEED FOOD:
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HUNGER- -IT'S ABOUT SURVIVAL.


While many of Ethiopia's Jews have been able to emigrate to Israel over the years, about  7,000 still remain.  In today's economy, funds needed to sustain this community while they wait - sometimes for years for aliyah - have been drastically reduced.

The only major  American organization working in Ethiopia is the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry--NACOEJ.

We are fighting an uphill battle just to provide minimal food needs to children.  For many of them, the danger goes beyond hunger, as a weakened, malnourished body can increase the likelihood of succumbing to malaria and other fatal diseases.  And in some extreme cases, there remains the possibility of a child starving to death. .

That's why we have started a special emergency campaign to help sustain this community's essential food needs. 
Your donations will be essential in providing food for Ethiopian Jewish school children.


I know there are many, many good causes helping the Jewish people in America and Israel  which deserve our support. 

But please don't forget what may be the most endangered Jewish community in the world.  Please give what you can.

Sincerely,

Gary Tolchinsky
(FoodforEthiopianJews@gmail.com)
Advisory Board Member
North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry
Emergency Campaign to Feed Ethiopian Jews

Gary's
Fundraising
Goal		   $25,000
     
Total Raised   $9,213

COULD YOUR CHILD SURVIVE ON 674 CALORIES A DAY?

That's a generous estimate of the number of calories an Ethiopian Jewish child, age 7, receives each day -- compared to the 1400 calories recommended for a child that age here in America.


AND MOST OF THESE 674 CALORIES COME FROM THE NACOEJ SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

Right now, we are trying to at least maintain our school lunch program,
which provides 474 calories and essential nutrition.  Maybe the children get another
100-200 calories at home, primarily from an Ethiopian type of bread
called injera.



Most of the calories and nutrition enabling children like these to survive comes from the NACOEJ School Lunch Program.

Because we buy food in bulk, we can feed a child lunch for about 50 cents a day.  That comes to $150 a year.  Whether you can donate funds to cover a day, week, month or year of lunches per child, please give what you can.