The Hebrew imperative verb "VeAhavta" () is contained in the Torah (part of the Hebrew Scriptures); in English, it means "You shall love." VeAhavta is part of the commandment from which stems the so-called "Golden Rule" – a teaching that is contained, in one form or another, in all of the major religions of the world.

Our organization is named "VeAhavta" because the word expresses our obligation, indeed our privilege, to care for others who are in need – whoever they are and wherever we may find them – regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, creed, nationality or socio-economic status. With increasing economic interdependence and developments in technology that have continued to advance globalization, we can no longer in good conscience remain indifferent to people in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe or in Central and South America.

We must regard the impoverished, suffering people who live in developing countries as our neighbors, too. We read about them in our newspapers, we see them on our television screens and we are aware of their common plight. To love God necessarily implies that we love our neighbor, and loving our neighbor obligates us all to offer a hand of loving kindness to everyone, whether they be friend or foe, next-door or overseas, and particularly to the disenfranchised, those who cannot help themselves.

Through VeAhavta, we seek to help repair the world by loving our neighbors – locally and globally – by providing people in needy communities with material and human resources such that they may meet their basic needs for food, safe drinking water, clothing, adequate shelter and education.

But more than just providing the material resources that our neighbors so desperately need, we encourage others to get personally involved in the plight of the needy. Love requires that we give more than just our possessions; it requires an investment of the heart for which there are no shortages of investment opportunities in the world today.

The founders of VeAhavta realize that repairing the world and ridding it of sorrow is a difficult – some would say impossible – task.

Nevertheless, we feel that doing something, no matter how insignificant it may seem to be to some, will mean so much more to those we are able to help and is, of course, far better than remaining passive. We recognize that our efforts will have limitations and we have, therefore, envisioned a non-profit organization that capitalizes on human and material resources in unconventional ways in order to maximize the positive impact that these limited resources will have.

VeAhavta is a 501(c)(3) charity registered with the IRS and the State of California. We are primarily a volunteer organization. All of our Directors serve without compensation and we have only one paid employee.

VeAhavta is an interfaith organization. Click here to see our "Position on Religion."

At present, we are working to fulfill our charitable purposes through the following two theaters of activity:

The Sri Lanka Orphans & Widows Project: Through several different programs administered through our “Grace Care Center” in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, VeAhavta is providing needy children, widows and elders with their basic needs. Speaking Itineraries: VeAhavta arranges speaking itineraries in North America that are designed to heighten awareness of the problems faced by needy communities and to discover the methods and means to solve or mitigate those problems.