WIZO - The Women's International Zionist Organization

1150 Kane Concourse Bay Harbor Islands, Florida 33154

WIZO, the Women’s International Zionist Organization, founded in 1920, is dedicated to empowering women, providing safe haven for abused women and their children, and educating the next generation of Israel’s leaders. WIZO Florida was established in 1982 with its primary focus on supporting over 15 of the 800 WIZO projects in Israel, including child care centers, youth villages and schools, shelters for battered women and girls in distress, and services for the elderly. Since 1959, WIZO has been recognized by the United Nations as a non-governmental organization with consultative status at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and United Nations Children’s emergency Fund (UNICEF). As a volunteer led non-profit, WIZO changes the lives of women, children and youth in Israel every day.

Phone 305.861.8860
Fax 305.861.7240
Email [email protected]
Website http://www.wizofl.org
Contacts WIZO USA President: Judit Groisman, JD; WIZO FloridaChairperson: Goldy Retchkiman; Regional Executive Director: Suzanne Harper

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