IsraAid, one of Israel’s biggest and best-known humanitarian aid organizations, issued a call earlier this month for funds to support an emergency response to Cyclone Chido in Mozambique.

At least 94 people were reported killed and over 300 injured in a region where over a million people are already displaced due to ongoing conflict, the organization said.

As it has in many global locations in crisis, IsraAID wants to provide urgent relief and rehabilitate damaged community centers in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, where it has built relationships with communities, local authorities and humanitarian partners over five years.

With half of its funding coming from non-Jewish sources, the award-winning organization has managed to continue working overseas during the 14 months since Israel experienced its own disaster on October 7, 2023.

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This article was originally published in The Times of Israel on January 4, 2025. Click the link above to read the full piece.