IsraAid 2015 Brochore

IsraAID
Humanitarian
Aid Agency
Founded in 2001, IsraAID is an
Israel-based international non-profit,
non-governmental organization that has
led aid and development programs
in 31 countries
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Our mission is to efficiently meet the changing needs of populations as they
move from crisis to reconstruction/rehabilitation, and eventually, to sustainable
living.
When & Where
IsraAID operates in countries affected by war, natural disaster, acute poverty
and massive displacement. Our teams arrive during a time of crisis, facilitate a
transition to long-term stability, and then exit within 5 years.
What & How
Crisis
1-3 Months
3-5 Years
Emergency Aid
Medical Services
Trauma Prevention
Multi-sector Capacity-Building
Advocacy
IsraAID
Over a Decade of
Humanitarian Aid
& Development
Since its inception in 2001, IsraAID has become synonymous with a rapid response to
humanitarian crises. Its medical teams, search & rescue units, post trauma experts,
community specialists and other professionals have led international responses in natural
disasters and civil strife around the world. After the initial emergency period, IsraAID shifts
to long-term programs, all to accompany communities and governments as they strive to
build a better tomorrow.
IsraAID’s success is built on the following core values
Professionalism
One of IsraAID’s trademarks is its
ability to draw from ever-expanding
networks of experienced professionals.
From world leading therapists to top
agronomists, IsraAID offers quality technical
expertise.
Innovation & Dynamism
Every crisis is different, and so are the
people it affects. After more than a decade
operating in some of the most challenging places around the globe, IsraAID offers
proven
and
adaptable
response
mechanisms.
Partnership & Sustainability
IsraAID is a firm believer in local ownership
and partners with all relevant stakeholders
operating in a crisis to build inclusive and
participatory programs.
Cultural Sensitivity and Adaptability
Every culture is different, and respecting
them equally is vital to earning trust and
building long-term partnerships for change.
From cultural orientations to on-the-ground
adaptation
and
innovation,
IsraAID
continuously assesses needs, and adjusts its
programs accordingly.
Monitoring and Evaluation
IsraAID views evaluation as an integral part
of every initiative and as a powerful tool
for program improvement. Our approach
emphasizes collaboration among all stakeholders to identify and evaluate obtainable
and measurable objectives.
IsraAID Expertise
Aid
Rapid and cost-effective, IsraAID aid
distributions ensure each dollar reaches the
most people in a dignified and accountable
manner.
MHPSS
With an established roster of over 100 top
social workers, psychologists, therapists, and
group facilitators, IsraAID’s Mental Health
and Psycho-Social Services (MHPSS)
training programs are gaining international
renown for prevening trauma, increasing
coping mechanisms, and generally improving
resilience post-crisis.
WASH
Israel is a world leader in water technology
and management, and IsraAID’s Water and
Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) training
programs combine these technological
innovations with key public health initiatives.
GBV
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) destroys lives,
families, and communities, and combating
it through training and advocacy is one of
IsraAID’s core strategies for development.
Health
Dynamic
and
resourceful,
IsraAID’s
Emergency Medical Team (IEMT) is
always on stand-by, and routinely support
Technology
From customized phone applications (APP) hospitals and medical centers in need around
to support the fight against Ebola, to the world.
innovative
water
filtration
systems
developed in Kenya, IsraAID engages Livelihood
world leading experts and communities to IsraAID’s agriculture and fishery training
sustainability
by
together find the right combination of high programs promote
and low-tech solutions to meet community sharing ways to improve nutrition and
needs and improve services.
income generation.
IsraAID
Around the Globe
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Central African Republic
Chad/Darfur
China
Croatia
D.R.Congo
Georgia
Greece
Guyana
Haiti
India
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
South Korea
Liberia
Malawi
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Past Programs | Current Programs
Peru
Philippines
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
South Sudan
Thailand
United States of America
Vanuatu
Europe Refugee Crisis
On the 2nd of September, 2015, pictures of the lifeless body of 3 year old Aylan
Kurdi captured the full extent of the human tragedy unfolding on European shores.
Every day, up to 10,000 mostly Syrian refugees, fleeing conflict and violence, attempt the
treacherous journey to Western Europe. Entire families arrive on the Greek islands tired,
sick, and traumatized, with the number of fatal boat incident growing daily.
IsraAID has emergency teams both on the beaches in Greece and at key border points in
Croatia.
At the first point of contact, on the shores of Lesbos, Greece, IsraAID’s predominantly
Arabic speaking teams are providing life-saving medical services and Psychological First
Aid (PFA) for traumatized and grief-stricken families and survivors of boating accidents.
Further along the journey, IsraAID’s mobile relief teams are present in camps and on
the borders of Croatia and Serbia to provide protection services, distribute emergency
supplies, and identify special needs groups, emphasizing children.
Iraq
Since January 2014, the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI) has welcomed more
than 1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the unrest in
other parts of Iraq. Those newly displaced add-up to around 200,000 IDPS
from previous waves of violence since 2003, and to over 200,000 refugees
coming from Syria. They are coming with absolutely nothing but the clothes on their
backs, and in conditions of extreme heat in the summer and sustained cold and snow in
the winter, the situation is becoming increasingly desperate.
IsraAID, in partnership with a Canadian partner, is providing emergency relief items to
thousands of displaced Yezidi and Christian families, and is launching education projects
to support the overwhelmed Kurdish education system.
Vanuatu
After Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu on the 13th of March 2015, destroying nearly all the
buildings in the country, IsraAID arrived to distribute food and water to desperate and
starving communities throughout the country’s many remote islands. Next, farm kits,
filters and water harvesting systems were delivered to assist in the reconstruction and
recovery, and provide mid-term relief.
During this period, Psychosocial First Aid training for care providers was initiated to deal
with the extreme shock and devastation suffered by nearly the entire country. This led to
an on-going partnership with the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization to
establish a sustainable MHPSS response framework in Vanuatu based on community
leaders, welfare personnel and clinical staff.
Finally, IsraAID’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) team is building a sustainable
water system that will reach 640 beneficiaries in the surrounding villages, based on an
innovative and disaster-resistant gravity-based concept.
Philippines
On November 8th 2013, the most powerful typhoon to have made landfall in modern
times struck the Philippines. IsraAID’s Medical Emergency Response Team was on a plane
less than 72 hours later.
For 2 months, in Tacloban and Ormoc, IsraAID provided medical care, relief aid, and
fishing boats to over 10,000 people. Since then, the organization has launched long-term
support program, focusing on building the MHPSS capacity of the government and third
sector in Ormoc and its surrounding areas. In the fall of 2014, an agriculture program
was launched to assist vulnerable communities as they strive to attain food security and
basic livelihood.
South Korea
IsraAID has been operating in South Korea since February 2013, supporting social
workers, NGO workers, counselors, and PHD and MA students from Yonsei
University in their efforts to treat and support North Korean defectors suffering from
trauma and mental scarring. Training programs focus on practical techniques for PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) treatment based on a unique trauma care model
developed in Israel.
In the aftermath of the tragic Sewol Ferry incident in 2014, IsraAID was requested to
implement a 2-year support program to provide psychologists, social workers, school
counselors, NGO workers and teachers with practical tools to aid the process of coping,
and provide assistance and/or prevent PTSD in the affected community.
Japan
On March 11th 2011, Japan was hit by a powerful earthquake and a resulting tsunami that
damaged more than 500,000 buildings, and leaving 20,000 dead and 250,000 homeless
in its wake. The earthquake also caused serious damage to the nuclear plant in Fukushima,
resulting in a dangerous leak.
Within a week, IsraAID arrived in Tohoku to provide immediate relief before shifting to
capacity-building, training local professionals to help affected communities overcome
trauma, increase resilience, and build the capacity to respond in the future. Thousands of
professionals have been trained across a dozen cities, and tens of thousands have been
reached.
In 2012, IsraAID expanded its operations to include a youth empowerment and vocational
training program, as well as ‘Voices of Tohoku’ - a life-story documentation project that
allows hundreds of Tohoku survivors to tell their story in front of a camera and create a
digital archive for each community.
IsraAID’s latest initiative in Japan has been the ‘Tell us a Story Japan’ project to map out
and raise awareness to the impact of organizations in the aftermath of the earthquake and
tsunami.
Nepal
On April 25th, 2015, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake with extensive aftershocks
devastated Nepal, taking the lives of over 8,000 people, and injuring 15,000 more. In
total, over 600,000 homes were damaged, putting 8.1 million in dire need of
humanitarian aid and long-term support.
Immediately, IsraAID’s Search and Rescue (SAR) and Medical Emergency Relief
(MER) teams were dispatched to Nepal, staying for weeks to save lives and provide
emergency care in both urban and rural settings. A Back to School program was also in
itiated to deliver school kits for over 4,000 children, while 260 semi-permanent homes
were built in the most affected areas, with an additional 360 scheduled.
As programs transition to long-term recovery, a Mental Health and PsychoSocial
Support (MHPSS) unit was added, in collaboration with Nepalese government ministries,
UN agencies, and national actors to build and implement a national MHPSS response
strategy. The goal is to prevent trauma-related disorders, create resilience for children
and adults, and encourage social reintegration of child and adult survivors.
Finally, to promote economic recovery and empower women, a bee-keeping income
generation program was launched in August 2015.
Vanuatu
After Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu on March 13th 2015, destroying nearly all the
buildings in the country, IsraAID arrived to distribute food and water for desperate and starving
communities throughout the country’s many remote islands. Next, farm kits, filters and
water harvesting systems, were delivered to assist in the reconstruction and recovery, and
provide mid-term relief.
During this period, Psychosocial First Aid training for care providers was initiated to deal
with the extreme shock and devastation suffered by nearly the entire country. This led to
an on-going partnership with the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization to
establish a sustainable MHPSS response framework in Vanuatu based on community
leaders, welfare personnel and clinical staff.
Finally, IsraAID’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) team is building a sustainable
water system that will reach 640 beneficiaries in the surrounding villages, based on an
innovative and disaster-resistant gravity-based concept.
Myanmar
In July 2015, catastrophic rainfall flooded most of the country, displacing hundreds
of thousands, and endangering the livelihood and food security of over 1.6 million
people.
IsraAID sent an emergency response team that immediately provided food, water, and
hygiene kits for hundreds of families, and provided sanitation solutions for more than
500 households.
Since then, IsraAID is providing technical training to government, UN, and non-profit
professionals, focusing on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Mental Health
and PsychoSocial Services (MHPSS).
Uganda
Today, more than 75% of Ugandans do not have access to adequate sanitation,
leading to over 8,000 child fatalities annually. In the North, these challenges are
compounded by the ravages of decades of conflict, in particular the challenging
rehabilitation of returning former child soldiers from the Lord’s Resistance Army.
Partnering with Gulu University and the Ugandan Ministry of Water and the Environment,
IsraAID is providing practical and tailor-made Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
training for war affected people in rural communities.
The WASH and Water Management and Technology (WaMTec) program will both
increase local well-being through WASH home-management skills and provide an
accredited certificate improving employment and livelihood opportunities.
Kenya
In 2011, the horn of Africa suffered its worst drought in 60 years. Dubbed the ‘world’s
worst food crisis’ by the UN, hundreds of thousands died, and more than 12 million were
affected. IsraAID responded to the call for help by distributing food and emergency relief
items to tens of thousands of refugees and locals fleeing famine and violence.
While in the camps, a significant gap in services for trauma affected refugees was
identified, and as a result IsraAID inaugurated in 2012 long-term operations in
Kakuma Refugee camp, with a psycho-social support training program that is implemented
in partnership with, and accredited by, Haifa University.
In 2013, IsraAID added a WASH and Water Management and Technology (WaMTec)
training program to increase the employment opportunities of refugees, both now and in
the future.
Finally, we are also strengthening the water drainage infrastructure of the camp, and
supporting the camp hospital with additional doctors and staff.
South Sudan
As the government of South Sudan struggles to build the world’s newest country, over 4
decades of civil war, tribal warfare, and poverty have had devastating effects on the
country’s population. Violence, sexual abuse, and rape have become widespread, and young
displaced girls are the most at-risk. IsraAID has been active in the country since July 2011,
and early efforts focused on much needed relief items for hundreds of displaced Nuba
refugees and to a destitute leper colony outside Juba, the capital.
In March 2012, IsraAID launched a long-term project aimed at combating rampant
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through a groundbreaking and participatory approach
focusing on multi-level training for government, police, and social workers.
In 2014, following gaps in medical service-provision, IsraAID inaugurated a health
program to increase the skillsets of nurses in the rural Terekeka County.
Sierra Leone & Liberia
The Ebola crisis in West Africa has had massive and devastating effects on the entire
region. The disease is suspected to have killed over 10,000 people, and infected over
25,000 more. Beyond the devastating physical impact of the disease, the Ebola Virus
Disease (EVD) outbreak has also caused widespread stress and trauma in the affected
countries, where families of infected patients have been completely isolated by their
communities, with some even resorting to violence.
In Sierra Leone and Liberia, IsraAID is partnering with the government, UN agencies,
and international organizations to design and implement national MHPSS strategies for
combating EVD, associated stigma, and its multi-faceted long-term destructive impact on
health professionals, affected families, children, survivors, and their communities.
Finally, to assist in the eradication of Ebola, and support the crippled health systems in
the affected countries, IsraAID is partnering with the UNDP to provide medical care and
training for national facilities.
Martha Swaray
Nurse at Ebola treatment center
“People were saying that if they
were me they would have backed
off but I say no because this is the
real time to work and show that
I am loyal to nursing and it is the
time for me to join people to fight
Ebola.”
From IsraAID’s “Ebola Heroes”
program in Sierra Leone
Jordan
Since the civil conflict in Syria began in 2011 it has emerged as one of the world’s largest
humanitarian crises, with over 4.25 million displaced within Syria and more than 2
million refugees fleeing the violence into neighboring countries.
Beginning in 2013, IsraAID has been distributing relief items within Jordan, expanding its
operations to include Mental Health and Psycho-Social Services (MHPSS) training for
Syrian and Jordanian professionals operating in refugee camps.
Currently there are over 500,000 refugees in Jordan, with 3,000 crossing every
day. More than 75% of the refugee population is made up of women and children.
Iraq
Since January 2014, the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI) has welcomed more
than 1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the unrest in
other parts of Iraq. Those newly displaced add-up to around 200,000 IDPS
from previous waves of violence since 2003, and to over 200,000 refugees
coming from Syria. They are coming with absolutely nothing but the clothes on their
backs, and in conditions of extreme heat in the summer and sustained cold and snow in
the winter, the situation is becoming increasingly desperate.
IsraAID, in partnership with a Canadian partner, is providing emergency relief items to
thousands of displaced Yezidi and Christian families, and is launching education projects
to support the overwhelmed Kurdish education system.
Iraq
Since January 2014, the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI) has welcomed more
than 1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the unrest in
other parts of Iraq. Those newly displaced add-up to around 200,000 IDPS
from previous waves of violence since 2003, and to over 200,000 refugees
coming from Syria. They arrive with nothing but the clothes on their
backs, and with weather conditions ranging from extreme heat during
the summer to sustained cold and snow in the winter, the situation is desperate.
IsraAID, in partnership with a Canadian partner, is providing emergency relief items to
thousands of displaced Yezidi and Christian families, and is launching education projects
to support the overwhelmed Kurdish education system.
Haiti
Less than 4 days after the devastating January 2010 earthquake, IsraAID’s Medical
Emergency Response Team was already in Port-Au-Prince savings lives. Since then,
IsraAID has engaged in diverse programs both in the capital and in 3 rural villages
around the Leogane area (the epicenter of the quake), reaching a total of over 50,000
people.
In Leogane, IsraAID constructed the Leogane Educational Access Project (LEAP) school and
training center with international partners, and operated the ‘Klinik Komunite’ medical
clinic which saw 60-70 patients a day for over 2 years.
IsraAID efforts to increase livelihood in the area were diverse, and included the DAM DAM
project that trained 75 local women in recycled papier-mâché art and sales training to
create a successful cooperative, and Haiti Grows – an intensive agriculture and
marketing training program to assist 4 communities gain access to improved nutrition and
livelihood.
Finally, in 2013 IsraAID launched a new program to combat increasing GBV in Port-AuPrince by building the capacity and skills of numerous national organizations.
United States of America
Dating back to Hurricane Katrina in 2006, IsraAID has been providing emergency relief
in the United States to support impoverished and challenged populations who cannot
rehabilitate their homes alone.
Since then, tornadoes, winter storms, wildfires, and flooding have taken IsraAID teams to
10 states across the United States, reaching tens of thousands of people with debris removal,
all implemented in cooperation with national organizations and local governments.
Arkansas
Colorado
Illinois
Louisiana
Michigan
New York
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas
Washington
IsraAID would like to thank its donors, supporters,
partners, volunteers, and the professionals who contribut
their time, resources, and expertise, without whom none
of the projects would have been possible
IsraAID
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