Irving Kessler, executive vice chairman of the United Israel Appeal (UIA), told the annual meeting of the UIA’s Board of Trustees last Friday that Project Renewal, the $1.2 billion world Jewry project to rehabilitate Israel’s slum neighborhoods by building decent housing for more than 300,000 Jews living in substandard conditions, will change the face of Israel “and our people” when successfully completed.
Delivering a paper on the UIA’s role in Project Renewal, Kessler said the Project’s funds are transferred by the UIA to the Jewish Agency to implement programs called for under Project Renewal.
“We are now consulting with the finest minds in the world from academia, fields of construction, business and such institutions as the World Bank to develop first a monitoring and then an evaluating system which will have a maximum continuing impact on our activities,” concerning Project Renewal, Kessler said. He added: “With cooperation and good will, we shall fulfill our obligations both to recipient and the donor so that they become confident partners in building a better Jewish State. We will proceed through careful planning, and constant communication, by making corrections as we go along, we shall find the most productive means of completing our task.”
The UIA’s Board of Trustees re-elected Jerold Hoffberger to his second term as UIA chairman. Melvin Dubinsky and Max Fisher were re-elected honorary chairmen.
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