Dear Friends,

Thank you for supporting Rainbow World Fund's humanitarian and peacemaking mission. In this issue:

  • LGBTQ+ Peacemaking Around the World
  • Travel: May 12-22 Celebrate Pride in Cuba
  • Travel: July 20-30 Discover Guatemala
  • Be a part of a symbol of peace: RWF World Tree of Hope
BE AN LGBTQ+ PEACEMAKER
This is a time to remember who we really are and to respond with courage, compassion, and generosity. 

Your efforts will provide needed aid and foster the hope that is essential to our survival, healing, and humanity.

RWF is a lifeline to our LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ brothers and sisters around the world.

• In Ukraine, RWF is helping evacuate LGBQT+ people and is funding safe shelters and emergency aid to those who remain. 

• In India, RWF is providing shelter and psychological support to transgender persons and survivors of human trafficking.

• In Central America, RWF funds an underground railroad that helps transgender woman from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala reach safety, build community, and establish new lives.

• In Cuba, RWF provides vital aid for the LGBTQ+ struggle for civil rights. RWF also funds summer camps for HIV-positive kids and kids with cancer.
• In the Middle East, RWF helps LGBTQ+ refuges escaping immanent threat in Iraq and Syria. Dozens of refugees that RWF has helped now live in Canada, Europe and the USA.

• In Uganda, RWF provides support to LGBTQ+ people by funding shelter, safe passage, and the medical needs of people fleeing danger.

• In the USA and around the world, RWF provides emergency aid following fires and other natural disasters.

• RWF helps orphans and displaced children in Mexico and Uganda by funding education, housing and medical care.

Your gift of $50, $100, $500, $1,000, or more will mean that those at home or in far-distant lands will feel the support of the LGBTQ+ community.

Happy holidays,
Jeff Cotter,
Founder & Executive Director
BEYOND TOURISM: CUBA & GUATEMALA
Experience Cuba: May 11-22, 2023 - Learn about Cuban history from its colonial past to its revolutionary present and how the complex historical relationship between the U.S and Cuba remains ever-changing. March in the LGBTQ+ Pride parade (Conga) in Havana! Learn more here.

Discover Guatemala: July 20-30, 2023 - Walk with a legendary people! Learn about Mayan spirituality and the realities of the developing world. Explore human rights issues and deliver medical supplies ... be forever changed. Learn more here.
WORLD TREE OF HOPE: SYMBOL OF GLOBAL UNITY
Be a part of this unique symbol of global unity! Throughout December we will be adding wishes to the 17th annual RWF World Tree of Hope at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. All of the origami cranes on the tree are inscribed with wishes, hopes, and prayers for the future. Please add your wish to the tree, it'll be printed, folded into a crane, and placed on the tree. Adding a wish is FREE and open to all. 

The tree is RWF's gift to the world and reflects our philosophy of building bridges and sharing the message that we are all one human family.
TAKING LGBTQ+ GIVING TO THE NEXT LEVEL
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 to participate in humanitarian relief efforts. We are 100% volunteer-run.

Bring new hope to our friends and family around the world. Put your tax-deductible gift to work immediately by donating online or mail your donation to Rainbow World Fund, 4111 - 18th Street #5, San Francisco, CA 94114.