The Jewish community's response to extreme poverty
We work to reduce extreme poverty in some of the poorest regions of the world.
Through building partnerships, networks, and leadership we change lives.
Our sustainable development work overseas is in three areas: livelihoods, education and youth empowerment.
In 2017, we brought 3577 people out of poverty.
In the UK we are driven by the expertise of the UK Jewish community, and work to increase its own global social responsibility through education and providing volunteer opportunities
Over 200 people have volunteered with Tzedek overseas.
Will you be next?
News and blogs
January 11, 2019
Next week sees the launch of the UK Jewish community’s first ever Social Responsibility Week (SRW), led by the 2017/18 cohort of the Ben Azzai Programme. The Ben Azzai Programme is run jointly by Tzedek…
By Ben
June 26, 2018
A big thank you to Indiana and her classmates at Hertesmere Jewish Primary School who schlepped to school last week to raise money for Tzedek. Indiana wrote an article for her school newsletter which we…
By Ben
April 25, 2018
As world leaders gathered in London, George Rosenfeld explored a Jewish perspective. Last week, I attended the Youth Forum at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, representing the Commonwealth Jewish Council (CJC) and Tzedek. The…
By Ben
March 29, 2018
When your classroom looks like this…. …and you want it to look like this…. …but you don’t have a school budget for materials then sometimes you need a little help from outside the school.…
By Ben
March 19, 2018
Charlie visiting our partners the Nfasimdi Development Association in the Tolon district of Northern Ghana Charlie Taylor is Tzedek’s new Country Director for Ghana. One of our programmes is a schools…
By Ben
February 26, 2018
We are deeply saddened by the tragic and untimely loss of Maureen Kendler z’l, who passed away on Friday after a short illness. Our thoughts are with all her family, in particular her husband, Hayden, and…
By Ben
February 14, 2018
We are delighted to have spent the last five days with our Ghanaian partner organisation Youth Empowerment for Life (YEfL), teaching leadership skills to 16 local youth leaders who we've been working with for around the…
By Ben
October 2, 2017
October 2017 We are recruiting for new UK office interns! “I got to spend time working with people from very different backgrounds … all of whom are passionately engaged in resolving social problems and spurring others on…