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The activity of the Israeli aid organizations that provide a humanitarian response after the earthquake in Morocco
Israeli NGOs, part of the Sid-Israel community, quickly deployed in Morocco after the earthquake and provided medical care, psychosocial support and logistical assistance in partnership with local communities.
Using models developed after the earthquake in Turkey in February 2023, we acted as a comprehensive body to assist organizations on the ground. We reactivated the dedicated WhatsApp group to ensure effective communication between NGOs, official bodies and the private sector. Well, in the early hours after the noise and before most of the delegations left, we also held a briefing on the culture and geopolitics of Morocco, in order to help with the preparations.
Intersectoral partnerships: Sid-Israel served as a central hub for information sharing between civil society organizations and the private sector. In addition, we helped create collaborations between non-governmental organizations and companies such as Strauss and Teva Navot, while leveraging financial contributions from the private sector.
Government policy and collaborations : We worked with the IDF, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Emergency Authority and the Moroccan Embassy in Israel in order to coordinate and cooperate and be updated as a partner. We also worked with the Ministry of Labor to arrange social security for the members of the delegations.
Public awareness and media : We worked with media sources in order to get media exposure for the organizations' activities, and to highlight Israeli humanitarian efforts. We also responded to public inquiries, connecting volunteers and donations with relevant organizations.
Credit: Dr. Dania Takagi
Among the organizations that responded in Morocco
IsraAid worked with the Jewish and local community in Marrakesh and the villages, providing emergency equipment and psychosocial support. The organization worked to establish safe spaces for children and women, and also works in cooperation with the organization Mimona and Israelize.
JDC GRID helped in Marrakesh and Casablanca, in cooperation with the Jewish community to provide basic needs such as food, temporary shelter, medical assistance and emergency evacuation help, and focused on helping to restore the old people's home, school and clinic.
NATAN operated in the rural areas far from Marrakech in the medical and psychosocial field.
SmartAID worked in providing basic emergency equipment, installing water systems to help prevent diseases, solar and communication systems, in temporary camps and in support of local aid organizations.
Ihud Hatzla worked closely with the Moroccan authorities and with the local and Jewish community to respond to medical needs.
Rescue Without Borders arrived as a team consisting of Jewish and Arab Israelis, in cooperation with a local organization to provide medical aid in the Atlas Mountains.
Cadena , a Jewish organization that focuses on responding to disaster situations and humanitarian aid, provided a medical response.
All of Morocco worked in Marrakesh to restore the synagogue and the cemetery that were damaged in the earthquake, to restore the Jewish messenger and to provide help to the locals in Marrakesh.
The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation offered psychosocial support to children and trauma treatment using a "Hug" doll.
Lev Ehad sent a pioneer delegation in Marrakesh mapping urgent needs and providing first aid to the victims of the disaster as well as working together with the consulate and the local Jewish community.
The Jewish Agency worked extensively to distribute essential basic equipment in Morocco.
