BGU is working to develop cost-effective ways to desalinate water through solar energy. Reflecting BGU’s spirit of collaboration with Israel’s neighbors, the University is conducting its research at one location in Jordan (Aqaba) and two locations in Israel (Hatzeva & Ashdod) which reflect an array of water salinities ranging from slightly brackish to highly saline. […]
Full Story »Deworming the City of Mekele, Ethiopia – Supporting Professor Bentwich’s Efforts
Under the direction of the world-renowned Professor Zvi Bentwich, BGU’s Center for Emerging Tropical Diseases and AIDS (CEMTA) focuses on the study, prevention and treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in the developing world. Of the NTDs recognized, schistosomiasis (a parasitic disease caused by several species of tremotodes, a parasitic worm of the genus schistosoma) […]
Full Story »Israel-Jordan Academic Emergency Medicine Collaboration
Israel is known for its highly trained emergency medical teams who are often sent to nations around the world to assist in managing natural disasters and devastating terrorist attacks. BGU is an influential and seminal resource – a leading contributor to Israel’s high standards of emergency medicine, preparedness and response. BGU has assumed a prominent […]
Full Story »Tikkun Olam Taskforce
The Reut Institute will launch a Tikkun Olam taskforce which will within a maximum of three years, fulfill the following objectives: Develop a strategy for harnessing the power of the State, the philanthropy of the Jewish world, the sense of volunteerism of Israeli and Diaspora young Jews, and the creative abilities that Israeli society offers […]
Full Story »Support for Israeli Coalition and Advocacy for Women’s Inclusion in Peace Building
Since 1999, The Institute for Inclusive Security has worked with women leaders from a wide variety of political parties in Israel and Palestine to create more opportunities for women to have their voices heard. These women draw on a common long-term perspective and awareness of the effects of war on families and communities that transcend […]
Full Story »Expanded Education for Palestinian Visually Impaired Children
The proposal is to support the expansion of an integrated education facility serving visually impaired children in East Jerusalem. The school, Siraj Al Quds was founded by a Synergos Social Innovator and serves children who otherwise would have no access to education. With major funding from the European Union, the school moved into a new […]
Full Story »Sustainable Rural Communities in the Middle East
Funds will cover the cost of 3 to 5 learning exchanges involving Social Innovators from the Middle East. They will visit the program of a leading Jordanian social entrepreneur whose exchange tourism program builds bridges between privileged urban people and rural village communities, supporting sustainable development of some of the country’s most marginalized communities in […]
Full Story »Replication of SMS technology to promote employment
Funds will be used to encourage the replication of the innovative mobile technology platform developed by a Palestinian Social Innovator, Mohammed Kilany, to connect job seekers in marginalized communities with employment opportunities. Mr. Kilany’s initiative was singled out by USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah as an example of high-impact social entrepreneurship. It is already being replicated […]
Full Story »Literacy and reading among children in disadvantaged communities
Synergos Social Innovator Rana Dajani founded an organization to promote reading among young children (ages 4-10) by establishing local libraries in communities across Jordan. Housed in neighborhood mosques, the libraries hold storytelling sessions using secular books and age-appropriate props, and are helping to develop a culture of literacy among children and families. The model is […]
Full Story »Youth Employment in the Middle East: Capacity Building to Help a Successful Initiative Reach the Next Stage
Ron Bruder, a member of Synergos’ Global Philanthropists Circle, founded the Education for Employment Foundation (EFE) as a response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, on the premise that education and jobs are the best tool to promote broad-based economic growth and fight fundamentalism in unstable countries of the Middle East. EFE now operates with […]
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