As the death toll from Hurricane Matthew continues to rise, Jewish groups are working to help victims in the United States and the Caribbean.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is focusing its efforts on Haiti, where it was working with relief group Heart to Heart International to provide hygiene kits, water purification tablets and other aid to those on the island’s highly affected southern part.
Also in Haiti, the World Jewish Relief is providing emergency assistance, including food, water, shelter and hygiene kits. The American Jewish World Service is sending relief funds to aid groups in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
A woman who identified herself as Valerie walks along flooded President Street after leaving her homeless camp after Hurricane Matthew caused flooding, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in Savannah, Georgia. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
The Mexican Jewish humanitarian group Cadena dispatches volunteers to Haiti to help with search-and-rescue efforts and relief work there.
Chabad emissaries in US help provide assistance to victims, including by using their houses to provide shelter and distributing Shabbat meals and care packages over the weekend to students and residents in Florida.
The Jewish Federations of North America is opening an emergency fund to collect money to mobilize humanitarian support and provide relief to Jewish communities in the path of the hurricane.
— JTA
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