AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC
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Mission Statement
JDC (the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee or "The Joint") is the leading Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities. We rescue Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel’s most complex social challenges, cultivate a Jewish future, and lead the Jewish community’s response to crises. For over 100 years, our work has put the timeless Jewish value of mutual responsibility into action, making JDC essential to the survival of millions of people and the advancement of Jewish life across the globe. As the devastating conflict rages on, Ukraine’s most vulnerable Jews are in distress and humanitarian needs are continuing to spike. JDC is on the ground, providing aid to those Jews remaining in Ukraine and the thousands of refugees who have fled to neighboring countries. JDC’s robust response to this emergency situation leverages our past experience confronting regional crises and the COVID-19 pandemic to provide vital services to Ukraine’s Jews in their time of great need.
About This Cause
JDC is currently doing post-Typhoon Haiyan relief and rebuilding work in the Philippines. It works in Africa, with programs in Morocco and Tunisia plus a medical program in Ethiopia; in Asia, with programs in China and East Asia, India and Turkey, plus Japan, where it first responded a week after the 2011 triple disaster. JDC is also present in Argentina, Cuba and Haiti, where it arrived after the devastating 2010 earthquake. In the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe JDC helps relieve severe poverty. Programmatic themes include assistance to poor elderly and elder centers; assistance to poor young families and children’s centers; medical clinics; connecting young American professional to philanthropy needs abroad; developing local leadership in areas where philanthropy was unknown for two generations.