About Their
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 A native of South Africa, Anne Heyman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982 and from the George Washington School of Law in 1986.After two years in private practice Anne went to work for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, where she worked until the advent of her third child.
Since leaving the District Attorney's office Anne has been actively engaged in philanthropic work both in and outside of the United States. Her role as former President of the Board of Directors of Dorot reflects her ongoing commitment to the many needs of the homebound and homeless elderly.Anne Heyman, of the Heyman-Merrin Family Foundation, was chair and past president of the Board of Trustees of Dorot, an organization that helps homeless and homebound elderly. In 2004, she was honored by Jewish Television Network with the Vision Award.
The Agahozo Shalom Village project was initiated by Anne Heyman, after hearing a lecture in November 2005 on the 1994 Rwandan genocide. This is a safe and structured home community for orphaned, traumatized children in Rwanda. The community is based on the remarkable success of the Yemin Orde Youth Village, an Israeli village founded in 1953 to care for orphans of the Holocaust
Ms. Heyman is active in the battle to raise awareness and to stop the genocide in Darfur, to programs in Israel, the Former Soviet Union, Uganda and most recently Rwanda, where she has spear-headed the creation of a Youth Village based on an Israeli model, Anne's commitment to improving the lives of others is unwavering.
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