Disaster type: Food Crisis

In 2011, the Horn of Africa was hit by a major food crisis that affected millions of people in drought-stricken areas of Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. Somalia was the worst-hit country in the region and the United Nations declared a famine in two of its southern areas in July 2011. Tens of thousands of Somalis fled the drought and conflict-fraught country to neighboring Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti seeking food and refuge.

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Disaster type: Earthquake

In the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011, 26 North American Jewish organizations came together to form the Jewish Coalition for Japan Relief.

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Disaster type: Earthquake

The Jewish Coalition for Haiti Relief was formed by 21 Coalition members immediately following the devastating earthquake that hit the country on January 12, 2010.

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Disaster type: Violence and Displacement

The Jewish Coalition for Sudan Relief convened in 2006. Made up of 24 mainly North American Jewish organizations, the Coalition has raised nearly $1 million to date for humanitarian relief for the people hit hardest by the crises in Sudan.

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