Dear Friends,

You can bring a new hope in 2023 to people in need by making a year-end gift to RWF today.

In this issues: 

  • Make a year-end donation today!
  • Highlights of 2022
  • Volunteer Opportunity in San Francisco on January 7
  • Travel With RWF in 2023
MAKE A YEAR-END DONATION
Dear Friends,

During these tough economic times, please remember that your gift to help the global community is needed more than ever and will have a tremendous impact! 

As you reach out to help and support your friends and families in need, please remember our larger global family. RWF currently 
supports programs in some of the poorest and dangerous areas of the world (Cuba, Guatemala, Iraq, Mexico, Syria, Ukraine, Uganda). Many of the communities we serve are "on the edge" of severe humanitarian distress even in the best of times. The current worldwide recession and subsequent scaling back of charitable donations is having catastrophic effects in the developing world. Please help our global family and donate today. 

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

In Solidarity,
Jeff Cotter,
Founder & Executive Director
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2022
Here are highlights of our work that your generous donations made possible:

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

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

• In Central America, RWF funded an underground railroad that helped transgender woman from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala reach safety, build community, and establish new lives.
• In Cuba, RWF provided 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 helped 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 provided 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 provided emergency aid following fires and other natural disasters.

• RWF helped orphans and displaced children in India, Mexico, and Uganda by funding education, housing, and medical care.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 7
Help take down the World Tree of Hope holiday tree at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St. On Saturday, January 7 from 10am to 3pm we will be removing and packing the ornaments from the tree. We can use your help!

Volunteer shifts are 2, 3, 4 or 5 hours long. Individuals or groups are welcome. To help please send us a message with your availability. We will provide drinks and snacks.
TRAVEL WITH RWF: CUBA & GUATEMALA 2023
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.