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Alalusi Foundation has assisted with startup funding and advisory assistance for a number of non-profit organizations, including:

• Islamic Networks Group (now Interfaith Networks Group) - In order to build a world where people of all faiths are understood and respected and their contributions valued, ING works to promote an understanding of the world's religions through education and inter-religious dialog as a vehicle for positive change. ING

• Palestine Childrens Relief Foundation (PCRF) helps to locate free medical care for children from the middle east who are unable to get necessary and specialized treatment in their homelands, based only on mdeical needs. PCRF

• Council on American-Islamic Relations - In order to be a leading advocate for justice and mutual understanding, CAIR works to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding. CAIR

• Timbuktu Educational Foundation - Working to preserve, restore, and disseminate the important intellectual contributions of the early African scholars from the famous Timbuktu Universities and Libraries of Mali, West Africa, to resurrect to their rightful place the important contributions of Early African Scholars in the annals of world history. Timbuktu Foundation

• Wolakota Foundation - The birth of a white bufalo calf on a farm in Wisconsin in 1994 was regarded by Native Americans as fulfillment of an ancient prophecy that the sacred balance of the Earth and it's peoples would be restored. Inspired by this event, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th generation keeper of the Lakota Sacred White Bufalo Woman Pipe, founded the Wolakota Foundation in 1996, to renew and perpetuate the religious and cultural traditions of his people.

  In the teritory of the Lakota - Dakota - Nakota nations, Wolakota's S'unka Wakan Project is working to re-establish the historical connections between the Native tribes of the Great Plains and the four-leggeds who became inextricably woven into the fabric of their lives. The Lakota name for horse, "S'unkawakan", "sacred dog", reflects the deep affinity among the people, and the role of the horse in their society.

  The S'unka Wakan Project organizes group Rides to sacred sites, bringing Native youth and traditional elders together to share and pass on the horse-people culture of their nation. Along with the Horse Protection Coalition, S'unka Wakan is establishing a sanctuary for horses otherwise destined for slaughter. Wolakota Foundation

• If you would like to support any of the listed organizaions, go to their websites.

  Alalusi Foundation also gives direct aid to needy refugee families and individuals. This has taken the form of assistance with housing, vehicles, medical, and educational expenses, and cash grants. If you would like to support this work, please send a check to: Alalusi Foundation, 1975 National Avenue, Hayward, CA 94545-1709 Make the check payable to 'Alalusi Foundation'. Be sure to add a notation: "For Direct Aid" on your check.