World Jewish Relief is delighted to announce the remarkable success of its "Shoulder to Shoulder" campaign, which has achieved its ambitious £500,000 target in just 36 hours. This urgent initiative, aimed at providing crucial support to those affected by crisis, conflict, and disaster worldwide, has received overwhelming support from the community.

Arriving into the Rohingya refugee camp in southern Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, it’s hard to imagine that nearly a decade ago, this expansive settlement was instead a thick, lush forest. Beginning in 2017, trees and greenery conceded to bamboo and tarpaulin infrastructure, forming the world’s largest refugee camp, home to the world’s largest ‘stateless’ population, caught in the world’s largest protracted refugee crisis.

In support of Israel's humanitarian approach, World Jewish Relief will be supporting field hospitals providing life-saving maternal and infant healthcare in Gaza, through a US-based global humanitarian responder.

Fleeing the chaos of war-torn Ukraine, Anna and her two sons found themselves on a journey of survival and hope, guided by the kindness of strangers and the echoes of a shared history. Read Anna's remarkable story this refugee week.

Throughout the 1930s and 40s, we rescued and supported over 65,000 Jewish refugees and helped them rebuild their lives. In this period, we were instrumental in bringing about the Kindertransport, which rescued almost 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi persecution. This refugee week, follow this timeline to find out exactly how it came to pass.

Yanal arrived in the UK as a refugee from Syria, fleeing conflict and devastation. This refugee week, hear Yanal share her own story of resilience and courage as she rebuilds a life for her family in Coventry.

As a Jewish and a humanitarian organisation, World Jewish Relief is committed to doing everything we can do address the climate crisis. Find out how we're taking climate action through reducing our emissions.

According to the WHO forecast, 9.6 million people in Ukraine are at risk of acute stress, anxiety, depression, substance use and post-traumatic stress disorder, and are in desperate need of psychological support. Ukraine’s health ministry estimates that almost half of the population need such assistance, while three to four million people likely need some form of medication. Head of Impact and Livelihoods, Ekaterina Mitiaev, explores the mental health crisis in Ukraine.

World Jewish Relief is immensely troubled by ongoing famine and a rise in violence in Ethiopia, a country which has been devastated by recent civil wars, drought and the climate crisis. More than 24.4 million people across Ethiopia are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, and over 4.4 million are internally displaced (UN OCHA, 2024). World Jewish Relief is working with its local Ethiopian partner to provide support to those affected, and is continuing to monitor the situation closely.