Speaker: Alice Greider
World Jewish Relief team member East European Section.

Programmes Officer with portfolio covering Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Poland, and Bosnia on projects involving social/material care and home repairs.

B.A International Relations, Masters in International Affairs, Ethnic Minorities and Migration concentration, Penn State School of International Affairs. USA Peace Corps stationed in Odesa Ukraine 2 years as a Youth Development Specialist. Worked in a local Woman and Children Social Support Centre. Speaks Russian and understands Ukrainian.

Humanitarian Crisis WORLD JEWISH RELIEF

 

Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine: 5 Weeks on since the Russian invasion the fastest and largest displacement of people in Europe since World War II 10 million people have been forcibly displaced, More than 3 million people have crossed borders in search of safety. Whole cities have been decimated not least tens of thousands of homes. World Jewish Relief has close relationships with 29 local partners. ENABLING swift response to their communities’ most urgent needs. They have assisted more than 18,000 of the most vulnerable Jewish Ukrainians in the country and additionally operate widely in neighbouring Poland and Moldova, with food, fuel, water, shelter, hygiene items, psychological and legal support, companionship, and assistance organising evacuations to safety.