IsraAid

IsraAID was founded in 2001 as a coalition of Israeli aid and international development organizations,Bellehsen, Nitsana,[http://www.israel21c.org/201002177704/social-action/saving-lives-in-the-wake-of-natural-disasters Saving lives in the wake of natural disasters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526025001/http://www.israel21c.org/201002177704/social-action/saving-lives-in-the-wake-of-natural-disasters |date=2011-05-26 }} (17 February 2010), in [http://www.israel21c.org/ Israel 21c Innovation News Service], Retrieved 2010-03-04 growing into an independent NGO with 300 team members worldwide.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.israaid.org/about/}}

The organization's mission is "to support people affected by humanitarian crisis. We partner with local communities around the world to provide urgent aid, assist in recovery, and reduce the risk of future disasters."{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.israaid.org/about/}}

IsraAID was founded as an umbrella organization by Shachar Zahavi and Mully Dor and consisted of Jewish and Israeli search and rescue, medical and relief groups that provide aid worldwide to people in need, regardless of race, religion, nationality or disability. Today, it is an independent humanitarian aid agency and has worked on emergency response and long-term development projects in more than 60 countries worldwide. The group's CEO is Yotam Polizer{{Cite web|url=https://www.israaid.org/about/team|title=Team {{!}} IsraAID|website=www.israaid.org|access-date=2019-07-30}} and its global chair is Meira Aboulafia.{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors {{!}} IsraAID |url=https://www.israaid.org/about/team/#board-of-directors |access-date=2019-07-30 |website=www.israaid.org}}

IsraAID is funded by a range of Israeli, North American, and global private individuals, foundations, community organizations, institutions, and corporations.{{Cite web |title=IsraAID Annual Report 2023 |url=https://www.israaid.org/wp-content/uploads/IsraAID2023AnnualReport.pdf}}

2004 - In 2004 Israel sent 150 army doctors and search and rescue teams to tsunami victims in Sri Lanka, but since Sri Lanka declined that offer, Israel instead sent a smaller number of IDF personnel along with an 82-ton planeload of relief supplies, including blankets, food, water, baby food and over nine tons of medicine. The relief effort was coordinated by IsraAID.[https://archive.today/20130416021430/http://www.uja.org/page.aspx?id=75515 Jewish Federation of North America, Israel Sends Doctors, Supplies To Aid Tsunami Victims]

2005 - Israel provided tsunami crisis relief for Sri Lanka "spearheaded" by IsraAID. A humanitarian team of 14 medical and logistical personnel was sent to Sri Lanka to help those affected by the tsunami.[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel+beyond+politics/Tsunami+Crisis+Relief+for+Sri+Lanka+-+January+2005.htm Tsunami Crisis Relief for Sri Lanka]

2007 - IsraAID sent six doctors and nurses to Peru to assist in rescue efforts and provide medical care after a major earthquake.[http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=13823 Israel Today, Israeli medical team aids Peru earthquake victims]

2007 - Israeli volunteers went to a refugee camp on the Kenyan-Somalian border to provide relief for Muslim refugees in Somalia. The Jerusalem AIDS Project, an Israeli organization under the umbrella of IsraAID which promotes HIV/AIDS education and prevention, distributed clothes for infants and toddlers. Later they would meet with IsraAID in order to purchase basic medical equipment.{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3371682,00.html|title=Israelis care for Muslim refugees in Somalia|newspaper=Ynetnews|date=2 March 2007|publisher=|last1=Nahmias|first1=Roee}}

2008 - B'nai B'rith International, one of the founding members of IsraAID and in partnership with IsraAID, provided thousands of meals to an estimated 35,000 Georgian war refugees.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bnaibrith.org/latest_news/09_05_2008_Georgia_IsraAID.cfm |title=B'nai Brith World Center an IsraAID feed Georgian Refugees |access-date=2009-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305125824/http://www.bnaibrith.org/latest_news/09_05_2008_Georgia_IsraAID.cfm |archive-date=2012-03-05 |url-status=dead }}

2008 - Israeli aid teams went to Myanmar to help with recovery after a major cyclone. According to the Jerusalem Post:

The IsraAID organization, which sends help to foreign countries in need, will be sending to Myanmar a highly trained search-and-rescue team and a 10-member team of doctors and nurses. The teams will bring with them crucial supplies, including plastic sheeting, food, household appliances and water filters.[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1209627025646&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull Israeli aid teams head to a devastated country]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

2009 - IsraAID sent six volunteer doctors, nurses and paramedics to the Philippines to assist Operation Blessing International after two devastating typhoons.{{cite web|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MUMA-7WS4PG?OpenDocument|title=Israeli doctors aid Philippines|date=12 October 2009|publisher=}}

2010 - In response to the earthquake in Haiti, IsraAID sent a 15-person search-and-rescue team, which includes emergency medical staff to Haiti. The IsraAID team set up treatment rooms to treat the injured at the collapsed main hospital in Port-au-Prince, as well as outside the city in a makeshift clinic in a football stadium, and has helped coordinate relief supply logistics.[http://www.israel21c.org/briefs/israaid-team-treats-injured-in-haiti IsraAID team treats injured in Haiti] (January 17, 2010) in [http://www.israel21c.org/ ISRAEL21c Innovation News Service] Retrieved 2010–01–18[http://www.israel21c.org/briefs/israaid-in-haiti-helps-treat-2000 IsraAID in Haiti helps treat 2,000] (January 19, 2010) in [http://www.israel21c.org/ Israel 21c Innovation News Service] Retrieved 2010–01–19 In February, IsraAID opened a child education center in February in the Pétion-Ville refugee camp, the largest refugee camp in Port-au-Prince area, together with other agencies, such as Operation Blessing. The center was set up initially in the tents from the IDF’s field hospital.

Heyman, Jeffrey [http://www.israel21c.org/201002117688/social-action/qthe-resilience-of-the-people-is-stronger-than-we-expectedq The resilience of the people is stronger than we expected] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224020859/http://www.israel21c.org/201002117688/social-action/qthe-resilience-of-the-people-is-stronger-than-we-expectedq |date=2010-02-24 }}, (10 February 2010), in [http://www.israel21c.org/ Israel 21c Innovation News Service], Retrieved 2010-02-11

2012 - In March 2012, IsraAID helped South Sudan set up its Ministry of Social Development to provide social services to the population after decades of war and hardship.{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/2012/05/17/news-opinion/world/south-sudan-worlds-youngest-nation-develops-unlikely-friendship-with-israel|title=South Sudan, world's youngest nation, develops unlikely friendship with Israel|date=17 May 2012|publisher=}}

2014 - In July 2014, IsraAID sent a team to Washington State to help in the recovery effort after the biggest wildfire in Washington State's history that consumed some 400 square miles and approximately 300 homes.{{cite web|url=http://jewishsound.org/despite-a-war-back-home-israelis-feel-called-to-help-in-pateros|title=Despite a war back home, Israelis feel the call to help in Pateros|publisher=|access-date=2014-08-21|archive-date=2014-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910231757/http://jewishsound.org/despite-a-war-back-home-israelis-feel-called-to-help-in-pateros/|url-status=dead}}

2016 - In August 2016, IsraAID sent a 20-member staff of search and rescue, relief and trauma specialists to the site of the August 2016 Central Italy earthquake, becoming the only foreign aid organization on the ground.[http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Israeli-aid-organization-gives-relief-at-Italian-quake-epicenter-466161 Israeli aid organization gives relief at Italian quake epicenter] By JPOST.COM STAFF \ 08/27/2016

2019 - In March 2019, IsraAID sent personnel to Mozambique to assist in the recovery from Cyclone Idai. Personnel were prepared to offer medical supplies, relief supplies, and psychological care to people affected by the storm. Personnel were also prepared to help restore access to safe water.{{cite magazine |last=Barak |first=Naama |date=March 20, 2019 |title=IsraAID sends emergency team to cyclone-swept Mozambique |url=https://www.israel21c.org/israaid-sends-emergency-team-to-cyclone-swept-mozambique/ |magazine=Israel21C |access-date=March 21, 2019 }}

2020 - In 2020, IsraAID launched a global response to the COVID-19 pandemic across 16 countries.{{Cite web |title=IsraAID Annual Report 2020 |url=https://www.israaid.org/wp-content/uploads/IsraAID-Annual-Report-2020-A4-digital-.pdf}}

2021 - In September 2021, following the American withdrawal and Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, IsraAID and partners facilitated the safe evacuation of more than 160 vulnerable Afghan civilians to the UAE and Albania.{{Cite news |title=How Jews and Arabs worked together to pull off an impossible rescue mission |url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/10/13/israeli-aid-group-rescue-afghans-uae-gold-pkg-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn}}{{Cite web |title=IsraAID Coordinates Evacuation of 167 Vulnerable Afghan Nationals |url=https://www.israaid.org/media/israaid-coordinates-evacuation-of-167-vulnerable-afghan-nationals/}}

2022 - In February 2022, IsraAID launched its response to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, initially on the Moldova-Ukraine border,{{Cite news |title=Israeli relief team flies to Moldova to help Ukrainian refugees |url=https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-relief-team-flies-to-moldova-to-help-ukrainian-refugees/}} expanding later to Romania,{{Cite web |title=IsraAID Launches New Romania Hub for Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine |url=https://www.israaid.org/media/israaid-launches-new-romania-hub-for-humanitarian-aid-to-ukraine/}} and then into Ukraine itself, where the organization has delivered mental health support,{{Cite news |title=IsraAID partners with Ukraine's gov't to provide mental health care |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/israaid-partners-ukraines-govt-provide-mental-health-care}} and large-scale safe water programs.{{Cite news |title=In war-torn Ukraine: Israeli NGO IsraAID expands safe water access to thousands |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-812135}}

2023 - In October 2023, following the October 7th attacks, IsraAID launched its first large-scale emergency response operation inside Israel,{{Cite news |title=Israeli Aid Groups Bring Trauma Expertise Full Circle, Back Home |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-11/ty-article/.premium/bringing-trauma-expertise-full-circle-back-to-israel/0000018b-1d9d-d465-abbb-1dbfea960000}}{{Cite news |title=After 22 years and 62 countries, now our help is needed at home |url=https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/israaid-responding-at-home/}} supporting displaced communities from Israel's Gaza border region,{{Cite news |title=Created to aid in crises abroad, these Israeli nonprofits are applying their expertise at home for the first time |url=https://www.jta.org/2023/11/13/israel/created-to-aid-in-crises-abroad-these-israeli-nonprofits-are-applying-their-expertise-at-home-for-the-first-time}} providing rocket shelters in Bedouin villages together with local partners,{{Cite news |title=Unrecognized Bedouin village gets its first-ever rocket shelter, as war rages |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/unrecognized-bedouin-village-gets-its-first-ever-rocket-shelter-as-war-rages/}} supporting therapeutic retreats for survivors of the Nova festival massacre,{{Cite news |title=Israel festival survivors heal in Cyprus |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trauma-rainbows-israel-festival-survivors-heal-cyprus-2023-12-01/}} and working with partners to train local disaster response teams across northern Israel.{{Cite news |title=IsraAid, Israeli community centers launch new project to train local disaster response teams |url=https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/israaid-israeli-community-centers-launch-new-project-to-train-local-disaster-response-teams/}}

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