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Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

International advocate for change and action

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• An Ethical Compass
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The Foundation's mission, rooted in the memory of the Holocaust, is to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice through international dialogue and youth-focused programs that promote acceptance, understanding and equality.

Around the world, the Foundation's international conferences serve as a catalyst for change and action. Our inaugural conference – held in 1988 – was attended by seventy-nine Nobel laureates and took place at the Elysée Palace in partnership with President François Mitterand. In 1990, the third installment of our "Anatomy of Hate" conference series was held in Oslo in partnership with the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Since 2005, the annual Petra Conference of Nobel Laureates – co-sponsored by the King Abdullah II Fund for Development – has been held in Petra, Jordan and seeks to present creative new perspectives on the world's most urgent problems.

In the United States, the Foundation has for 20 years offered the Prize in Ethics Essay Contest which challenges college juniors and seniors to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today's complex world.

In Israel, the Foundation operates two Beit Tzipora Centers for Study and Enrichment. These Centers, in Ashkelon and Kiryat Malachi, focus on educating the Ethiopian-Jewish community and giving Ethiopian-Israeli students the opportunity to participate fully in Israeli society. Close to one thousand boys and girls are currently enrolled in after-school programs that serve as a model for other schools. Expansion of the programs offered at the Centers is continuous. Newly introduced intensive courses to prepare students for university, as well as computer and Hebrew classes for adults, have been extraordinarily successful.

Using our Beit Tzipora Centers as a model, the Foundation started an after-school program in the fall of 2007 for refugees from the genocide in Darfur who have been given safe haven in Israel. By providing these refugees the attention and educational support they so desperately need, the Foundation is extending its efforts related to the genocide in Darfur from advocacy to helping Darfurian children adjust to their new lives in Israel.

For more information, please visit www.eliewieselfoundation.org