Dr. Yoram Kaufmann Scholarship Fund
From: Wendy Black-Nasta
Founder/Executive Director
Artistsforworldpeace.org
As founder and executive director of Artists for World Peace, I launched The Dr. Yoram Kaufmann Scholarship Fund in December 2009. Artists for World Peace, an international non-profit organization dedicated to fostering peace through artistic expression, will use the funds to enable children around the world to attain an education. Beginning with children from the Santa Clara Orphanage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we aim to eventually sponsor a child in each country.
Anyone who knew Yoram (and who knows his wife, Rise), will understand the urgent need I felt to honor this beloved teacher, humanitarian, and friend. So, this past summer, Artists for World Peace conducted all of its humanitarian work in his name. With funds collected in Yoram’s memory, we bought over 500 pairs of new sneakers, which we hand delivered to the children of Santa Clara in Rio de Janeiro.
The Dr. Yoram Kaufmann Scholarship Fund, however, will enable us to permanently honor Yoram’s memory. Since he touched so many lives as a brilliant producer and sharer of knowledge, I thought it most fitting to educate children in his name. Our goal is to raise $100,000.00 this year. We will safely invest the principal and use the interest to create annual scholarships. Building upon the principal each year through donations, Artists for World Peace will help change the lives of our world’s children for generations while also honoring Yoram’s memory.
It is not often that a humanitarian, scholar, teacher, and man of integrity crosses our path and lights the way for so many. Please help us continue Yoram’s legacy by supporting the Dr. Yoram Kaufmann Scholarship Fund. All donations are tax -deductable and will be acknowledged on our website and in our promotional literature.
Donations will be gratefully received at:
Artists for World Peace
P.O. Box 95
Middletown, CT. 06457
To learn more about Dr. Yoram Kaufmann, please visit www.zahavbooks.com
