JDC, Indian Jewish Community Provide Food, Clothing to Kerala Flood Survivors

Mumbai, India – The Jewish community of India, together with American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is responding to the destructive floods in Kerala, providing food and clothing to hundreds of families hard-hit by the disaster. JDC and its partners in the Jewish community will provide the aid through the All-India Disaster Mitigation Institute, its longstanding partner, and will continue to raise funds and monitor needs for future support given the extent of the flooding, which has killed hundreds of people and displaced hundreds of thousands. A JDC team will be dispatched to Kerala for the distribution of aid and to assess needs of survivors, including members of the Jewish community, impacted by the floods.

JDC has had a presence in India since 1950. Their India team – which works today with the 4,500 person Indian Jewish community – took a lead role in JDC’s responses to the Nepal earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami.

JDC’s disaster relief programs are funded by special appeals of the Jewish Federations of North America and tens of thousands of individual donors to JDC.

JDC relief activities are coordinated with the U.S. Department of State, USAID, the Israeli government, Interaction, and the United Nations, as well as local and international partners.