World ORT (WO)
ORT mondiale
Mundial ORT
Welt ORT
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Contact Details
URL: https://ort.org/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WorldORT/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/worldort
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ortlife/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/worldort
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-ort/
Founded
1880 St Petersburg Russia
History
Founded 1880, St Petersburg (Russia), to help impoverished Jews in the Pale of Settlement, giving them training in vocational and educational skills. After World War I, spread to Eastern Europe, then to Western Europe, and later to other Jewish communities in need around the world. Became a world federation of national organizations in 1921, under the name ORT Union of Societies for the Promotion of Handicrafts and Industrial and Agricultural Work among the Jews -- Union mondiale des sociétés ORT pour la propagation du travail artisanal industriel et agricole parmi les juifs. After World World II, established workshops providing support and vocational training in refugee camps across Europe and headquarters moved to Geneva (Switzerland). Became a truly international organization in 1960, moving into the developing world, setting up training centres, clinics, self-help and mother and child care programmes across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Programmes are now established in 5 continents, both in the developed and the developing world. Previously known as World ORT Union (WOU) -- Union mondiale ORT -- Unión Mundial ORT -- Weltverband ORT. Present name adopted 2000.
Aims
Provide formal education, skills-training and self-help projects for needy communities to put people on the path to economic independence.
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General Assembly (every 4 years); Board of Representatives; Board of Trustees; Officers Committee; Special Advisory Committees.
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UIA Org ID
XC3567
Last News
2024
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