London Jewish women are donating jewelry to a program offering aid to Ukrainian Jewish women. The program, run by the FSU Jewish Community Fund in the U.K. and Boston philanthropists, targets mainly single mothers and young widows in Ukraine, hoping to help them earn a living wage. While American participants in the scheme, mainly from Boston’s Jewish community, have offered capital for business training, their female counterparts in London have donated jewelry, including broaches and a pearl necklace valued at almost $50,000. The organizers also reached an agreement with a large Ukrainian bank to offer low-interest loans to women in the program.
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