UJC supports JDC in launching fund for Bangladesh cyclone victims
November 20, 2007

United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ is working with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) on a relief effort for victims of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh.

To donate, please visit JDC's online donation mailbox
and select Bangladesh Cyclone Relief
from the drop-down menu next to "Purpose".

Cyclone Sidr struck the western coast of Bangladesh Nov. 15, near the border with India, packing sustained winds of at least 155 miles per hour. The storm killed more than 3,100 people, injured more than 3,300 and left at least 1,000 people missing. Thousands of homes have been flattened and 650,000 people have been evacuated from the area, while the list of victims continues to grow. Click here for a JDC situation report.

UJC MetroWest is working through the national UJC umbrella, which represents a continental federation system whose collective power makes an extraordinary impact on our global Jewish community and beyond, whenever and wherever the need, in collaboration with our partner agencies.

In the wake of the Southeast Asia tsunami, the UJC and the Jewish Federation system raised some $10 million for the JDC's $18 million-plus relief effort. At the national level, UJC spearheaded a $28.5 million aid effort for victims of Hurricane Katrina, in the process creating a blueprint for collective disaster relief. And most recently, national UJC opened a mailbox for victims of the Southern California wildfires, raising more than $55,000 so far.

To donate, please visit JDC's online donation mailbox
and select Bangladesh Cyclone Relief
from the drop-down menu next to "Purpose".