Embrace Relief is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization which collaborates with volunteers to deliver humanitarian aid and disaster relief to vulnerable communities around the world.
Our teams offer relief in the form of:
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When you or your organization partner with Embrace Relief, you join our mission of alleviating suffering and promoting human development throughout the world. With our diverse array of humanitarian programs and ability to reach every corner of the globe, we can ensure your support will reach people in need.
Raindrop Dallas is a non-profit, educational, charitable, social and cultural organization founded by Turkish-Americans in Dallas in 2005. We aim to cultivate friendship and promote understanding of diverse cultures through its unique services to the community.
On Thursday, January 7, 2021, Embrace Relief’s own Dana Coppola sat down with Spirit Rosenberg of Great.com Talks With to discuss Embrace Relief’s work and what makes it so special.
Great.com is a charitable organization whose profits all go to worthy causes like Embrace Relief’s and Great.com Talks With is a “podcast to inform, inspire and uplift you.” Every week Great.com Talks With selects three organizations or individuals that greatly impact the world in a positive way and interviews them podcast-style, and this week Embrace Relief was one of the honored selections. Watch the full interview here: https://bit.ly/3j58V1n or listen to the podcast episode here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3cwJwwm, Itunes: https://apple.co/3tfY6y7, or read on for the highlights.
Last April 19, the Just A Drop Group FUNdraising project was able to reach their goal of $4500 to open a water well in Nigeria, Africa. They decided to name their water well “The Gulnur Avon Well”. Rose Bora and Michael Moyseenko bounced off ideas throughout the FUNdraising process to make sure that they’ll successfully provide easy access to clean water for thousands of people in Africa.
Before starting the fundraiser, Ms. Bora spoke to several local businesses and the mayor about her project. She wanted to get a sense of whether she could raise this amount of money instead of jumping in blind. She and Mr. Moyseenko made a game plan for how the money was going to be raised. They discussed raffling off gift cards that local businesses would have donated to the project at school. She then later went on and reached out to multiple businesses and people in order to begin the raffle and other events. After that, she also set up a Dine-to-Donate at Chipotle and began to advertise it. She also spoke with their school’s communications lead and had her story sent out to multiple news networks. She got picked up and two articles, 1 newspaper, and 2 news appearances took place. She also got asked to speak at a panel about the project. She also made many posters and hung them around their school and posted constantly on social media. All these advertising helped her raise the money needed for the water well project.
The donors were from everywhere. As she had multiple articles and videos out about her project, she had people from all over the community donating. A good chunk of the money was donated from the Turkish community in Chicago and in Cleveland. Some were also from school, family, and friends.
It was not as challenging as she expected to reach her FUNdraising’s goal. She was shocked at how easy it was. She was especially surprised at how much her community and the Turkish people donated. However, the beginning was harder than the end as rejection was constant and it was hard to stay motivated throughout when collecting money.
She was extremely happy and relieved when she reached her goal. It brings her joy that a community in Africa is now going to be hydrated. She cannot wait to see all the pictures and videos of the kids. “It honestly feels unreal as this journey has been the one that has taught me an immense amount of social skills, patience, and appreciation for what I have.”, Rose Bora shared.
In addition, Rose Bora said “The most memorable and rewarding part of this experience is the inspiration I brought to other youth, the awareness I brought to the different water conditions around the world, and all the things I have learned from this experience. I have inspired people to begin their own fundraising journeys through my panels and articles. I also have brought awareness to the water issue that many people are going through. It isn’t just Africa that has difficulty retrieving water, there are tons of other countries and places that need water just as much. It is heartbreaking and I hope the inspired youth will help diminish these struggles by opening their own group fundraisers. I also have learned an immense amount of information. I am incredibly humble for my situation, family, and water source. I also have learned a crazy amount of social skills during this process. Being able to effectively ask people for money without sounding greedy is harder than it sounds. It has also taught me to be patient and that money cannot be made from thin air, it takes time for it to come in and that is okay.”
| Code | Country | Town/Village | Inauguration | Depth | Serving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | Gaoui | 02/2021 | 45m / 148ft | 1600 people |
Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) said: ” The best form of charity is giving water (to drink). ”
Пратеника на Аллах (С.А.С.) е казал: “Най-добрата садака е даването на вода (за пиене).”
Everyday, thousands of refugees arrive on Greek shores, fleeing from political, religious, and ideological persecution and violence. Being forcibly removed from their homes causes great psychological stress, as well as physical obstacles when trying to find a safe place to live. Right now, there are approximately 70,000 refugees residing in camps throughout Greece.
Over the last several years refugee camps have been over-flooding with displaced people who cannot return to their homes. The camps cannot simply accommodate the millions of people fleeing to them for help and they have been forced to face jailing by crossing borders illegally or creating makeshift settlement camps outside of refugee camps.
The journey to a new land and home is extremely difficult and can seem impossible at times. The struggle is not over once refugees reach the shores of Greece because they also have to learn how to adapt to a new country, culture, and way of life.
Luckily, through our Greece Refugee Relief Campaign, Embrace Relief is able to greet these refugees with a warm and genuine smile, happy to see that they have successfully made the journey for a better life. Our volunteers provide them with psychological, monetary, and legal support during the asylum seeking process with pro-bono lawyers on stand-by.
Furthermore, we are able to provide shelter, food, clean water, and translators to help their arrival go as smoothly as possible. Right now, we are in the process of implementing virtual English speaking classes (ESL) so refugees can learn how to communicate in this new land. Many want to learn English because it is a prominent language in Europe and around the world, just in case they want or have to migrate to a different country.
You can become a part of this worldwide effort to help refugees find a new home.
In order to support this initiative, Embrace Relief is offering two options:
This option will be available for those who wish to work directly one on one with a refugee family in Greece. You will be matched with a family that fits the parameters you specify in your registration form and will be in direct contact with them. Click here to adopt a refugee family in Greece.
This option is available for those who want to help the cause but cannot donate the time to managing a family overseas. Your donations to the campaign will be used similarly for more than a thousand families in need in Greece as needed. You can donate below:
We Arizonans, we want to raise $5.000. With this budget we want to provide cataract eye surgery for 50 people and give health check-ups to 500 people.
Millions of refugee children worldwide are often years behind the education level they should be at for their age. This is because they often miss months—if not years—of school because they must hide with their parents to avoid conflict in their countries. And when they flee with their families, the journey and asylum process in a new country can also take months or years, which prohibits them from attending school as well. Furthermore, there is a language barrier they must overcome in order to learn in their new countries.
Hence, a devoted teacher volunteering for Embrace Relief created First Bricks in 2019. Dedicated to supplying underprivileged refugee children the education they need and deserve for free, First Bricks has grown substantially since its onset and now encompasses:
First Bricks has been nothing but a resounding success since its inception and continues to grow at an impressive pace, but it can always use more volunteers and donors. Please consider volunteering or donating today to help provide refugee children the education they need and deserve, but have been stripped of through no fault of their own. Donations go toward school supplies, books, and gifts for the children, and computers for volunteer teachers so they can teach and easily connect with the students enrolled in the programs.
Click here to Become a Volunteer!
Click here to Become a Student!
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