Elie Wiesel Foundation For Humanity Inc

Programs: The elie wiesel prize in ethics essay contest: an annual competition that challenges college students in the u. S to submit essays on the urgent ethical issues that confront us in today's complex world. The contest is open to full-time junior & senior undergraduates in an accredited united states four-year college/university. Five (5) prizes are awarded. Nobel laureates initiative: holds conferences that bring together nobel laureates from all disciplines and world leaders to discuss social problems and develop suggestions for change. They focus on themes of peace, education, health, the environment and terrorism. Since 1988, the foundation has held conferences in jordan, japan, italy, norway, russia, israel and the united states.

the elie wiesel foundation-israel ("keren elie wiesel"), a related nonprofit institution, administers programs with support from the foundation. The centers, one in ashkelon and one in kiryat malachi, currently enroll approximately one thousand boys and girls in after-school programs. The goal of these programs is to provide ethiopian immigrants with desperately needed academic tutoring, pre-vocational training, and social and emotional support. Study of the english and hebrew languages, a focus on computer literacy, tutoring in other classroom subjects, and activities such as arts and crafts are all a part of the curriculum. A summer program and an adult education program have also been instituted.

other projects to expand the foundation's mission to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice.