The Wisdom of Coalitions

MAZON Staff

March 2, 2026

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For years, competition for resources has kept Israeli anti-hunger organizations working in silos, limiting their ability to drive systemic change. MAZON has shifted that dynamic from isolated efforts to collective power. Our long-term investments have not only built individual capacity for each grantee partner’s efforts, but have allowed for powerful, collaborative work which saw important victories, including:

Tzedek Centers developed and implemented systematic training programs with dozens of elected municipal officials, including a guide about food security distributed to all local government electeds.

The Jerusalem Food Rescuers established the first “Jerusalem Food Council,” which works to build collaborations around food, food rescue, and education for healthy nutrition.

121 Engine for Social Change ensured participation in the hot lunch program by all vocational high schools for at-risk youth, funded by the Ministry of Education.

Several of our partners published key studies, including research on food insecurity among asylum seekers, hunger among the Negev Bedouin community, and barriers to developing agriculture in the Bedouin community.

Rabbis for Human Rights drafted joint recommendations for the Ministry of Welfare about the establishment of the National Authority for the Fight against Poverty

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