Israeli NGO IsraAID has deployed an emergency response team in the Philippines following Super Typhoon Rai (Odette – see here). It is delivering safe water, hygiene kits and trauma aid, to many of the 2.4 million Filipinos affected, focusing on … Continue reading →

Volunteers from Israeli NGO SmartAID are helping to set up a coordination center for emergency workers in Mayfield and Benton, Kentucky, which were hit hard by recent tornadoes. Another Israeli NGO, IsraAID, is helping with the recovery and clean-up efforts. … Continue reading →

More on IsraAID’s operation to take 57 Afghan women cyclists out of danger from the Taliban in Afghanistan (see last week’s article here and as UWI saw reported on CNN). https://thecjn.ca/news/second-canadian-israeli-rescue/

Ben Katzir is IsraAID’s emergency coordinator in Haiti. He’d also been on IsraAID’s team in Haiti after the major 2010 earthquake. He speaks fluent Creole. IsraAID is distributing shelters, water treatment kits, hygiene kits, solar lights and training community leaders. … Continue reading →

Israeli NGO IsraAID was at the forefront of international rescue efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake and for eight years afterwards.  IsraAID has now returned after the recent quake and tropical storm. IsraAID’s CEO describes on ILTV how his team … Continue reading →

Israeli humanitarian agency IsraAID is sending staff members to areas of Germany devastated by flooding, to provide much-needed clean-up and disaster-relief assistance. https://www.jns.org/israaid-assistance-on-way-to-germany-after-country-recovers-from-deluge/

Israel has sent to Nepal respirators, oxygen generators and advanced protective equipment.  Its donors included the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the IsraAid organization, the Sheba Medical Center and the Israel-Nepal Chamber of Commerce. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/309467

Doctors from Israel’s Sheba Medical Center are heading to Uruguay to help it tackle coronavirus. Also, from Assuta Ashdod Hospital to Ethiopia and equipment from Israel’s SmartAID to India. And IsraAID responders go to the Caribbean following a major volcanic … Continue reading →

Israeli charity IsraAID has launched the first of several missions to help African countries build their COVID-19 vaccination program. Seven IsraAID volunteers are in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) on invitation from the Eswatini government. https://www.timesofisrael.com/covid-stricken-african-nation-brings-in-israelis-to-prepare-its-vaccine-strategy/

Israel-based humanitarian organization SmartAID (see here) has launched a unique US initiative, “Millions of Masks for Children”. SmartAID (founded by IsraAID’s Shachar Zahavi) is distributing facemasks to kids on childcare and youth programs, beginning with those in Washington state. https://www.israel21c.org/smartaid-masks-up-millions-of-children-across-usa/