AJC Supporting to IsraAID Relief Efforts in Vanuatu

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Mar 17, 2015, 05:04 ET

NEW YORK, March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC announced a grant to support IsraAID in providing humanitarian assistance and medical relief to the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. The island suffered extensive damage from Cyclone Pam, one of the worst storms in recorded history.

"Our thoughts are with the people of Vanuatu as they seek to rebuild after the loss of life and widespread destruction wrought by the category 5 storm," said AJC Asia Pacific Institute Director Shira Loewenberg.

Humanitarian relief has been a core of AJC's work for more than a century. "Our tradition commands us to respond generously and compassionately to those who are in need," said Loewenberg.

With help from AJC's Heilbrunn Humanitarian Fund, AJC has helped IsraAID humanitarian relief missions in a number of crises in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

SOURCE American Jewish Committee