Project Management for Donors Providing project management for Federations, Foundations and individual donors who wish to undertake projects in Israel. Services include planning with the donor, contract negotiations, evaluation, execution and monitoring of projects. Non-Sectarian Projects Tikkun olam , literally repairing the world, is the ancient Jewish principle that teaches Jews of their moral responsibility to alleviate suffering wherever it exists. JDC's non-sectarian projects, funded through our International Development Program, embody this principle. These programs use limited Jewish philanthropic funds as seed money to initiate and finance projects.
Major funding is sought from government agencies and foundations.
Before beginning a project, JDC analyzes the immediate needs of a country and based on these findings, assembles a team of experts. JDC is currently operating non-sectarian programs in China, the Middle East, Poland, Rwanda, the Ukraine and the former Yugoslavia. JDC became active in Rwanda in 1994 at the height of the civil war when two million refugees fled across the border. In conjunction with the International Rescue Committee, we established a field hospital in one refugee camp and a sanitation and shelter project that benefited another large camp. After the war's end in 1996, we again provided medical assistance to those returning home from the refugee camps, and have continued to help those returning to their war-torn country by providing seeds to local farmers and medical equipment to local doctors.