Tag: IsraAID
Jewish Federations of North America raises money for Turkey, Syria
The Jewish Federations of North America launched a relief fund to provide humanitarian aid to people in Turkey and Syria after the devastating earthquakes today.
Thousands have been killed in what officials are calling the worst quake...
IsraAID delivers cargo of humanitarian, medical aid to war-torn Ukraine
A large cargo of medical and humanitarian aid was recently collected and delivered to Ukraine by the Israeli international humanitarian aid organization IsraAID and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Israel-Ukraine.
A total of 31 pallets...
IsraAID to supply essential medical, relief items in wake of Afghanistan earthquake
IsraAID is launching a humanitarian response to the earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on June 22 and killed at least 1,000 people, injured more than 1,600 and damaged thousands of homes. Those numbers are expected...
Former rescuer of Soviet Jews helps bring Afghan women to freedom
A group of 41 Afghan women and their families were rescued from Taliban-ruled Kabul last week in a successful mission that brought them safely to Abu Dhabi.
Among them were athletes, including members of the...
IsraAID offers assistance to Haiti after earthquake, flood waters from tropical storm
Aid efforts to get to the remote site of Saturday’s deadly earthquake in Haiti are ongoing but are being hampered by a tropical storm that brought heavy rains to the region.
Among agencies providing assistance...
Israeli aid NGO dispatches team to flood-afflicted western Germany
Following the floods that recently devastated communities in Western Germany, the Israeli NGO IsraAID sent out a response team to help with relief distribution, clean-up efforts and psychological first aid.
The floods, which hit Germany...
IsraAID to provide oxygen concentrators, supplies to India in midst of COVID crisis
In response to the devastating coronavirus outbreak in India, now at the epicenter of the pandemic, IsraAID will provide urgently needed medical supplies to the beleaguered nation.
According to the World Health Organization’s weekly epidemiological...
IsraAID sends vaccine-support team to Eswatini
Israeli humanitarian aid agency IsraAID dispatched a medical, logistical and psychosocial team to Eswatini (Swaziland) on March 8 at the invitation of the Eswatini government to support the southern African country’s upcoming national COVID-19...
Israel completes housing for Guatemalans who lost homes in 2018 volcano blast
Israel’s embassy in Guatemala recently finished its housing development in the town of Escuintla for families whose homes were destroyed in the 2018 Fuego volcano eruption.
On Jan. 31, Israel’s Ambassador to Guatemala and Honduras...
IsraAID Guatemala brings relief in wake of Storm Eta
Israeli humanitarian aid agency IsraAID has launched an emergency response in Guatemala following Tropical Storm Eta, which has killed more than 150 people and affected the lives of some 200,000 residents of the Central American country.
IsraAID’s...