Ariel Hochhauser- NPJTF

OUR MISSION THIS YEAR IS TO PROMOTE POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE BY PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS LOCALLY, GLOBALLY, AND IN ISRAEL.

JTF awards teens with a passion and thirst for activism and philanthropy with the opportunity to make a difference in the world by fundraising and allocating grants to Jewish and Secular organizations locally and globally.  I joined this exceptional program because it awards me the ability to make a difference for people and environments worldwide as well as being able to develop skills of leadership, responsibility, and engagement with a focus on philanthropy.

•  In Sonoma County, the recent wildfires destroyed 6,600 structures, including 5,130 homes, including 1,500 homes and more than 600 businesses and secondary buildings, including sheds and barns, in the Rincon Valley, Mark West, and Larkfield-Wikiup area. according to Cal Fire
• Over the last 50 years, Jordan’s River’s annual flow has dropped from more than 1.3 billion cubic meters per year to less than 30 million cubic meters due to drought and diverting water. 
• Uganda’s 2,000 Jews (Abayudaya) have long maintained a modest existence. Thus relying on their own crops to survive, have been hit hard by the drought, leaving most of the community without food for long periods of time. 
• Twenty million people across Africa and the Middle East are now at risk of illness and death due to a famine that is centered in Somalia, Nigeria, Yemen and South Sudan cause by Civil wars, underdeveloped infrastructure, and drought.

These statistics are not only harrowing but also completely unacceptable, and we have the responsibility and opportunity to improve the conditions of people and environments all over the world. It is important to me that we lead our lives with compassion and kindness which means helping people and environments less fortunate than me, which JTF allows me to do. 

My fundraising goal is $2000 which will be allocated to programs and organizations whose goals are to help people and environments in need and with your help we can make sure that people and environments in need, are awarded the help they deserve.

Thank you so much for your time and with your donation, we can work together to make the world a better place!

I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent- Rabbi A.Y. Kook