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LGBTQ Compassion in Action
RWF is the world's first a
nd only all-volunteer, LGBTQ- based humanitarian aid organization. Our mission is to promote peace, unity and hope by leading the LGBTQ movement in participating in humanitarian relief efforts. RWF has donated over $4.4 million of life saving aid.
Donate today by
Credit card or Paypal or send your check to 4111 - 18th Street, Suite 5, San Francisco, CA 94114. Your donations are 100% tax deductible.
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Dear Friends,
This month RWF celebrated our 17th anniversary. Since 2000, RWF has distributed $4.5 million in grants and life saving aid to help both LGBT and non-LGBT people affected by natural disasters, hunger, poverty, disease, oppression and war.
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Helping in Oaxaca, Mexico following the earthquake.
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Here are some highlights of our work this year that your generous donations made possible this year:
- Aid for survivors of the wildfires in Northern California
- Shelter for Ugandan LGBTQ refugees seeking safety
- Aid for hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico
- Aid for earthquake survivors in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Shelter and psychological aid for Chechen gay men fleeing persecution
- Resettlement of LGBTQ refugees from Iraq and Syria
- Safe shelter for transgender women in Central America
- Support for HIV positive children and human rights in Cuba
- Landmine clearance in Cambodian
- Safe drinking water access for villages in Honduras
- Health-care for HIV/AIDS orphans in South Africa
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Providing safe shelter to transgender women in Guatemala City.
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1. Provide humanitarian aid to communities in need
2. Increase awareness within the LGBTQ community of the need for these aid efforts
3. Change how the world sees LGBTQ people by demonstrating our compassion and caring for the world.
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LGBTQ aid directly helping children and families in need around the world.
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WE CAN'T SUSTAIN OUR WORK WITHOUT YOU
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Beneficiaries of landmine clearance in Cambodia.
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In Solidarity,
J
eff Cotter,
Executive Director
VOLUNTEER AT SF CITY HALL
Help take down the holiday tree in San Francisco City Hall. On January 4, 2018 from 10am to 3pm we will be removing and packing the ornaments from the tree.
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Help us take the World Tree of Hope down on Thursday, Jan. 4!
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JOURNEY TO CUBA: MAY 9-19, 2018
Join Rainbow World Fund on our seventh annual humanitarian journey to Cuba. Encounter a new land and a people in a way that values them, deepens your spirituality, broadens your worldview and begins to heal the world. Cost and details are here.
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Cuban flag at the Museum of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba.
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