AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVE SHALOMWAHAT AL-SALAM INC
229 NCENTRAL AVE, GLENDALE, CA 91203 www.oasisofpeace.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVE SHALOM/WAHAT AL-SALAM, INC. ENCOURAGES, SUPPORTS, AND PUBLICIZES THE PROJECTS OF NEVE SHALOM/WAHAT AL-SALAM THE "OASIS OF PEACE" IN ISRAEL, WHERE APPROXIMATELY 70 JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN FAMILIES HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE AND WORK TOGETHER AS EQUALS IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES TRUST, UNDERSTANDING, AND MUTUAL RESPECT. THE VILLAGE IS UNIQUELY DESIGNED TO FULFILL THIS MISSION THROUGH ITS INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS: THE BILINGUAL, BI-NATIONAL K-6 PRIMARY SCHOOL; THE SCHOOL FOR PEACE, WHERE YOUNG ADULTS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND CROSS-CULTURE ENCOUNTER WORKSHOPS: THE RECENTLY CREATED SPIRITUAL CENTER'S PEACE MUSEUM AND OASIS ART GALLERY WELCOMING JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN VISUAL ARTISTS ENGAGING VISITORS THROUGH SHARED EXHIBITS, DIALOGUE, DEMONSTRATIONS AND PUBLIC EVENTS; AND THE PLURALISTIC SPIRITUAL CENTER, WHERE ADULTS AND YOUTH ENGAGE IN INTERFAITH, INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE, STUDY, AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS.

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Public education and outreach out to US-based schools requesting curricular or practical help in conflict resolution, with a four-part H.S. curriculum, background videos and printed materials provided free of charge; Free lectures and presentations to community, professional groups, teachers, clergy and religious congregations; Support for independent research on tools, techniques and framework of the Primary School and the School for Peace. All reports are provided free of charge, enabling others to use the findings. Newsletters, program-specific brochures and updates provided quarterly to full list via postal mailing and social media. These include information about the conflict specific information about the programs of NSWAS that address the conflict, along with requests to support these programs. AFNSWAS is committed to cost-effective practices and transparency. Since 1986, AFNSWAS has depended on outreach through mail, public presentations and reports to educate the public about our mission. The mission of AFNSWAS -to support the work of the Primary School, The Peace Museum and Oasis Art Gallery, the School for Peace and the Pluralistic Spiritual Center in strengthening a shared society between Israeli Palestinians and Jews through education, engagement and activism - thereby reducing and transforming conflict, begins with outreach and education, but may also include requests for contributions to support that mission. As a result, and in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines, we allocate a portion of our outreach costs to program services and to fundraising. We are committed to ensuring our donor's money is spent as effectively and transparently as possible.

FUNDING GRANTS FOR PROJECTS PROPOSED BY NEVE SHALOM/WAHAT AL-SALAM: PRIMARY SCHOOL: 63.6% of funds allocated. DESCRIPTION: Since 1984,first Hebrew-Arabic bilingual, multicultural school K-6 (providing model for 5 new Israeli bilingual schools) equal numbers of Israeli Palestinian and Jewish students, fully inclusive, multicultural curriculum based in successful learning, equality, peace-building, respect for culture, traditions and language. Special programs integrated into curriculum: English, music lessons and performance,story-telling through writing, Zoo Lab, Archaeology, Art through recycling. FUNDS UTILIZED FOR: Salaries and required benefits; materials, equipment and instruments, curriculum development, and required transportation. SCHOOL FOR PEACE: 26.5% of funds allocated. DESCRIPTION: Dual dialogue, long-term programs, short-term encounters deepening identities, responsibilities for role in conflict, roots/nature of the conflict; university courses; dialogue facilitator's training; international youth encounters; two-year profession-specific programs in Israeli and Palestinian (West Bank and Israeli)in health care,Women in Social Media, Mental Health, environment, politics, education, journalism, law; Jewish/Arabic literature anthology. FUNDS UTILIZED FOR salaries, facilities, materials, housing, transportation. PLURALISTIC SPIRITUAL CENTER: 3.3% of funds allocated. DESCRIPTION: Inter-religious dialogue; program collaborations for Israeli Jews and Palestinians to sacred places in Israel for dialogue, reflection; interfaith programs in mediation, scripture and social transformation, political justice, feminism in Islam, Christian Palestinian readings of the Hebrew Testament, Jewish and Palestinian films and book launches with authors, and discussions. FUNDS UTILIZED FOR salaries, materials,necessary transporation, room and board. NADI-YOUTH CLUB: 4.0% of funds allocated. DESCRIPTION: Develop young adult community leaders; assist school children with language and culture issues; counselors for younger children in NSWAS binational, bilingual summer camps. FUNDS UTILIZED FOR materials, room and board, required transportation. HUMANITARIAN AID PROJECT: 2.6% of funds allocated. DESCRIPTION: Support for Beit Sira womens sheephering cooperative; equip Naalin medical clinic, instruct medical staff; arrange transfer/ treatment of seriously ill Palestinian children to/in Israeli hospitals; week-long summer camps at NSWAS for Palestinian children; volunteer medical treatment days in isolated Palestinian villages; medical support- Alshifa Hospital, Gaza, planting of olive trees, FUNDS UTILIZED FOR materials and equipment. EVALUATION: On site NSWAS volunteers, observation, interviews by teachers; public and private school utilization-rates for publications; increased employment of NSWAS-licensed facilitators; increase/persistence of Jewish-Palestinian professional projects and relationships; increase in familites requesting bilingual, multicultural primary schooling.

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