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Coins for Kids

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“Coins for Kids,” is a chapter project that empowers children to help other kids in communities with great needs. Children are asked to raise money that will be used for Embrace Relief projects that support kids’ educations.

We believe that it is important to teach kids how to give back and who to give back to at a young age, so as they grow and become more independent, they will continue to be philanthropic. As they learn and understand that many kids do not have access to education, food, water, toys, and so forth, they will develop empathy and continue to feel the desire to help other children.

 

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The Coins for Kids campaign consists of a paper coin bank that the children will receive and assemble into the shape of a box. There are illustrations on the boxes portraying children from some of the places around the world that we currently help. The kids will be able to color in the box, and make it unique for them. Their goal then will be to raise money in the coin box within 6 months the latest, so that it can go towards kids in need.

The project is open to children ages 4-17. Prizes for the participating children will be determined independently by our regional branches.

However, the biggest prize for us and our children is to improve our sense of solidarity and increased social consciousness. We will also provide certificates of participation to all of the kids who take part in this campaign.

Don’t forget to take photos of kids coloring their boxes and tag Embrace Relief on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram @embracerelief, and use the hashtag #CoinsforKids!

 

 

 

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Chicago Education Fund

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CHICAGO EDUCATION FUND

 

Embrace Relief will be establishing a scholarship fund for college Students. As many of you know, Embrace Relief is dedicated to assisting our local communities in need and helping those who are financially struggling.

The cost of higher education in the United States is incredibly high and is only continuing to rising, making it even more difficult for a growing number of people. According to the College Board, the average cost of tuition and fees for the 2013–2014 school year was $30,094 at private colleges, $8,893 for state residents at public colleges, and $22,203 for out-of-state residents attending public universities. For the majority of students, the only way to attend college is through securing student loans which often times only cover the cost of tuition.

 

Criteria for Applicants

Embrace Relief is raising money for Education Fund to give scholarships to a number of hardworking students for their undergraduate studies. In order to be eligible for a scholarship, applicants must meet the following qualifications:

1) A Child of a political victim family or he/she is self a political victim.

2) Possess a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

To apply, an applicant must write a 750-1,000 word essay about what he/she plans to do in college, how he/she plans on giving back in his/her life, and what volunteering means to him/her. We are accepting applications anytime. Please submit essays along with your full name, University, and cumulative GPA.

 

If you have questions, please contact midwest@embracerelief.org

 

Chicago Education Fund

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Donation Total: $100

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Hurricane Harvey

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HELP PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE HARVEY!

 


 

Hurricane Harvey makes heavy landfall in Texas, causing major flooding throughout towns and cities. The Lone Star State is facing catastrophic flooding and devastation, including greater Houston area.

 

In collaboration with Enes Kanter Foundation, Embrace Relief is launching a relief campaign to help victims and families affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Please support recovery efforts today:

 

 

 

EMBRACE RELIEF DAYTIME SHELTER IN TEXAS (10:00 AM to 09:00 PM Daily)

Embrace Relief & Raindrop Foundation opens its doors as daytime shelter (10:00 AM to 9:00 PM) to victims of Hurricane Harvey starting from Thursday, August 31, 2017.

Hot meal will be served (11:30 AM Lunch & 6:00 PM Dinner).

 

Address:

9301 W. Bellfort Avenue

Houston, TX 77091

601 316 5779

swregion@embracerelief.org

 

If you would like to make donations, you can bring any of the following supplies:

 

Bottled water: 20 case

Can soda: 20 case

Personal hygiene items: Tooth Brush, Tooth Paste, Hand Sanitizer, etc.

Disinfectants: Cholorox, Wipes, etc.

Toilet Paper, Paper towels, Plastic bags.

Non- perishable food items.

Diapers & Baby foods.

 

LIVE COVERAGE:
 
 

 

Hurricane Harvey

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Donation Total: $100

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Help Puerto Rico

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HELP FOR PUERTO RICO

Puerto Rico is suffering its history’s biggest natural disaster. While still recovering from Hurricane Irma two weeks prior, Hurricane Maria completely destroyed the island’s power grid, leaving all 3.4 million residents without electricity for an indefinite period of time. Communication networks are crippled across the island, approximately 80 percent of the territory’s agriculture is lost due to the hurricane, and less than half the population have potable water now. Puerto Ricans are in urgent need of clean drinking water and food, or things will get worse soon.

 

Help Puerto Rico

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Donation Total: $100

 

 

Embrace Relief was one of the first respondents to the people in need after the disaster. We’ve already delivered to the authorities a truckload (26′) of water and food to be shipped to Puerto Rico immediately, and more is on the way.

 

 

 

 

You can join the relief efforts today by your monetary or in-kind donations today. Currently, we are accepting the following items:

 

     
  • Cases of water
  • Canned food – Non-perishable food
  • Batteries – Flashlights – Portable Lanterns
  • Diapers – Baby wipes
  • Feminine Hygiene Products

 

All items must be unopened and in their original packaging. You can bring them to the following address between 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday, and 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday:

 

18 Passaic Ave Unit 1 Fairfield, NJ 07004

 

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Iran-Iraq Earthquake

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IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE

 

Iran-Iraq Earthquake

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Donation Total: $100

On November 12, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 occurred on the Iran-Iraq border. The quake, which reached a depth of 23 km (just over 14 miles) according to the US Geological Survey, was felt across the region with aftershocks hitting Pakistan, Lebanon, Kuwait and Turkey, news agencies in those countries reported.

 

 

 

 

 

Over 500 people died in the deadliest earthquake of 2017, and it is estimated that about 70,000 people are now in need of shelter in this cold winter season. 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos from Sharazur District In Iraq

 

 

Embrace Relief has been very quick in responding to the victims in the region and extended a helping hand to families by distributing tents in villages heavily damaged by the earthquake.

Our volunteers quickly provided shelter to twenty families who lost their homes in the villages of Kani Bardina, Cerdasana and Kaneskan in the Sharazur District of Sulaymaniyah Governorate. More is on the way. 

 

 

 


DONATE NOW TO HELP MORE PEOPLE IN NEED AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE!

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Refugee Relief

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Every day we wake up in beds, warm blankets wrapped on our bodies and soft pillows beneath our heads. We walk into our bathrooms and draw hot water in which to wash our faces and brush our teeth. We enjoy a hot cup of coffee and breakfast. These are things that we take for granted every single day.

Now imagine that all of a sudden it was taken away from you. The world we are currently living in – anything is but certain. Countries we never imagined would persecute and displace millions of people are now expelling them from their home countries; labeling them terrorists and sending families – women, children away in the cold with nothing but what they can carry on their backs.

Many have found ways to make life threatening, perilous journeys to escape to safer lands…to refugee camps. Over the last several years – refugee camps have been over flooded 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 Facts

According to the UN Refugee Agency there are 65.6 million people worldwide who are currently displaced of which 22.5 million of them are officially classified and protected under the UNRA. In 2016, less than 1% of the registered refugees were formally placed and resettled. These families have been settled all across the world ranging from the Americas through the Asia Pacific region. Turkey, however, holds the title for hosting the most refugees…which makes this current situation all that more perplexing.

 

The Irony
 

While several countries around the world, including Turkey, are taking those helpless souls in, they are in turn persecuting their own people and creating a whole new wave of refugees all in the name of political power. While most of the world has not only heard and shown support for the tragic death of three year old Aylan Kurdi, there was virtually no coverage (especially in Turkey) of the Maden family who tragically lost their lives crossing the Agean sea. The Maden family left their prestigious jobs, and lived a life of extreme poverty in secret until securing enough money to make the dangerous passage across the Agean sea seeking refuge in Greece.

Unfortunately, the story of the Maden family is only one of thousands of Turkish joining the ranks of fleeing refugees. It is now, more than ever, that as a society – as humans, we need to come together to support these forcibly displaced people and help them establish themselves in a foreign world where they don’t know the language and have nothing but the clothes on their backs. Many of these families have no paperwork, no jobs, no language skills – they are virtually helpless.

 

 

What You Can Do
 

It is at this time that Embrace Relief has come to you to request your support of these families while we work as an organization and as a society, to get them settled and on a path to self-sufficiency. Effective January 2018, the funds from our Refugee Relief program along with any donations made going forward for refugee relief will be dedicated to refugees in Greece. Currently, the Greek government has been instrumental in helping these families but should not have to carry that burden alone.

In order to support this initiative, Embrace Relief is offering two options:

 

  • OPTION 1: ADOPT A FAMILY

  • 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. As the donor, you will decide the frequency, the amount and even the beneficiary of the funds that will benefit your adopted family.

 

 

 

    • OPTION 2: DONATE TO THE CAMPAIGN

 

  • This option will be available for those who want to help the cause but cannot donate the
    time to managing a family overseas. Once again, you can choose an amount and the
    frequency of your donation, and Embrace Relief will take the responsibility of disbursing
    the funds as needed amongst the 600+ refugee families in Greece as needed.

 

 

Refugee Relief

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Donation Total: $500

 

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