The MAZON mission members have arrived safely in Cape Town, South Africa and we hit the road running.  On our first full day we did a site visit and volunteer work for an organization called the WAREHOUSE, which is operated by the Anglican Church. The executive director, Craig Stewart, gave us an overview of their Read More

I have just returned from leading another MAZON mission to Israel.  For the past decade, MAZON has been a leading entity in targeting strategic grants to struggling Israeli-based anti-hunger organizations from Beer Sheva up to Haifa.  For the past three years, MAZON has played a central catalytic leadership role in the Forum to Address Food Read More

FINDING WEAPONS OF THE SPIRIT AMID DEVASTATING DISEASE: THE WORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS IN KENYA During the years of my involvement with MAZON’s Grants Advisory Committee, I’ve been struck, time and again, with the work of one of our grantees, the International Medical Corps (IMC), in responding to disasters around the world. The Read More

I have come to New Orleans today to bear witness to the devastation and to the early stages of renewal of this city.  It’s the one-year anniversary of Katrina, and the magnitude of the destruction is still unimaginable.  The bleak landscape of flood damage stretches as far as the eye can see.  The statistics and Read More