2011 Uganda Spine Surgery Mission Blog
DAY 10 – Tuesday August 23rd:
Before heading to the Case operating room for surgery the team split up and saw post-surgical patients in the wards at Case and Mulago. At Mulago, Zbigniew, Kris and Jordan visited with three patients, who needed their surgical wound dressings to be changed. Patient J.S., [...]

2011 Uganda Spine Surgery Mission Blog
DAYS 6-8 – Friday-Sunday August 18-20:
At the end of this long week, these threemystical days seemed to blend together into one.
On the spinal side of things, the mission team split up so some could stay for the surgery onI.K., a 64 years-young female patient who was postponed earlier in the [...]

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Ve’ahavta has submitted this multi-dimensional photo into a photo contest and we need your help to win teh grand prize of $10,000! Simply click on the link below and submit your vote. You can vote once per day – an easy way to volunteer from home on your time! We appreacite your support. (Read about [...]

Hi All.
I just wanted you all to know that I have entered the Canesten I Can Achieve Contest. This contest is about the Achievement of Women. I have a profile and story on their site that I will provide in a link below.
So I guess what happens now is all the stories get voted on. [...]

Blog entry by Tony Blair Faith Foundation’s Ve’ahavta fellows, Lorne and Sumayya, upon arriving in Toronto to spend the year working at Ve’ahavta:

After leaving the ’sunburnt’ country down under, with all its familiarities, it was with apprehension and excitement that I got on the 47B en-route to 200 Bridgeland Ave. It was a mammoth effort to [...]

Ve’ahavta’s 10th Annual Creative Writing Contest
Another year of Ve’ahavta’s Creative Writing Contest has come to an end. I would like to thank each and every person who was part of this very special landmark 10 years of giving people a voice; a voice that has often been silenced.
As a former Creative Writing Contest Winner is [...]

June 17, 2011
Below is a ‘thank you’ note from Theresa Schrader, 2005 winner of Ve’ahavta’s Creative Writing Contest for the homeless and marginalized, and now Community Poverty Relief Liaison at Ve’ahavta. As a former prostitue and crack addict, Theresa entered the contest not expecting to win. When she did, a series of events including attending [...]

Title: Inter-Camp ClassicDescription: Camps compete in a softball and hardball tournament to raise funds for various charities, including Ve’ahavta.Date: 2011-05-15

Title: Creative Writing Contest Coffee House Awards CeremonyLocation: Congregation Habonim, 5 Glen Park AveDescription: Top winners of the Creative Writing Contest for the Homeless will share personal accounts of their struggles and triumphs of life on the streets of Toronto. This is an event not to be missed.Start Time: 3:00pmDate: 2011-06-12

Excerpt from the report and thank you letter from the Ankgor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia after receiving kinder kits for sick children…
As a result from his (Saphea’s) HIV/AIDS he has bad skin lesions all over his body. His mother, however, cannot afford to bring him back to AHC to get proper [...]

We arrived safely in Kenya and now we are residing at a Home-Stay near the city of Nairobi. Izzo let us know that the Kinder Kits are in the country but the container has not yet been cleared. I will be calling the Synagogue to get more information and will let you know the progress. [...]

I am so excited to tell you about our first real day in Haiti. It has been so full and we have covered a lot of ground. We started with an early breakfast and in the light of the morning sun I glanced at the pool and saw what I had missed [...]

Hear what Ve’ahavta volunteers have learned and experienced in their travels, both local and abroad, in Voices from the Field, a collection of stories and testimonials. The three testimonials below are reflections from participants of Yaldeinu’s Emerging Leaders Development Mission to Cuba.
One of the many great qualities that I have come to realize about the [...]