Dear Friends,
Join us in celebrating RWF’s 20th anniversary this month!
Since 2000, RWF has distributed $5 million in grants and life-saving aid and provided over 75,000 volunteer hours helping both LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ people in need around the world.
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Here are some highlights of our work that your generous donations made possible in over 30 countries:
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Delivering thousands of pounds to life-saving supplies, medical equipment, medications, and financial grants following natural disasters in Cuba, Chile, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Niger, Peru, Pakistan, Somalia, Thailand, and the USA
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Providing COVID-19 emergency grants to undocumented Americans who have lost their livelihoods
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Funding an underground railroad helping transgender women in Central America reach safety
- Helping asylum-seeking immigrants on both sides of the Mexico-USA border
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Distributing 1 million pounds of food aid during Hurricane Katrina
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- Providing emergency funds and supplies to wildfire survivors in California
- Sheltering LGBTQ refugees fleeing persecution in Uganda
- Resettling LGBTQ refugees from Iraq and Syria
- Providing HIV medications to PWAs in Zimbabwe and South Africa
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Supporting orphanages and vulnerable children in Africa and Central America
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Funding sanitation and safe drinking water systems for multiple villages in Honduras and Guatemala
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Being ambassadors for LGBTQ compassion on 17 aid trips to Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico
- Promoting human rights in Cuba, Guatemala, and Uganda
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Advocating Congress for aid, refugee protections, and human rights on 11 trips to Washington, DC
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TAKING LGBTQ GIVING TO THE NEXT LEVEL |
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RWF is the world's first, LGBTQ- based humanitarian aid organization. Our mission is to promote peace, unity, and hope by leading the LGBTQ movement in participating in humanitarian relief efforts. We are 100% volunteer-run.
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In Solidarity,
Jeff Cotter,
Executive Director
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