"There won't be a single cancellation [due to insufficient funds] in the winter trips," birthright CEO Gidi Mark told the 'Post.'
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Birthright israel informed trip operators over the weekend it had the funds to finance all birthright trips planned through the end of March.
The move came a day after a report in The Jerusalem Post that the organization was approving new trips later and more carefully than in previous years due to fears that the worldwide financial crunch would affect its donations.
"There won't be a single cancellation [due to insufficient funds] in the winter trips," birthright CEO Gidi Mark told the Post hours after the announcement was made to operators.
The relatively late confirmation - the week before, birthright had informed
operators it had yet to confirm funding for the February and March trips -
is appropriate considering the circumstances, insisted Mark.
"This year, we're confirming new trips more carefully [than in the past],
because we don't want to have to cancel any. We wait until the money is in
the bank," he said.
Planning for summer trips, which would already have been under way in
previous years, "will start after December 31. For financial reasons, many
donations only arrive in the last week of the year, and we want to wait to
see what we will have available," he said.
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