Hostage & Missing Families Forum
The Hostage and Missing Families Forum is volunteer-based and laser-focused on bringing the hostages back home to their families, to us. The Forum includes family members and friends of the hostages alongside top security, law, media and diplomacy experts who are donating their time to the cause. We know that advocacy and action on the part of people across the world will be necessary to keep the hostages top of mind and create avenues for their release. More info: Hostage and Missing Families Forum
Resources for helping
Startup Reserves for Israel: The call for reserve duty to fight Hamas has resulted in a gap in the tech industry. We need the help of skilled professionals to provide a range of services to fill these gaps in Israel’s startup workforce. Please sign up to help.
Friends of the IDF. Authorized to gather charitable donations to provide for the health, welfare and education of the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces. To donate, click here.
UnXeptable. The pro-democracy protest group founded by Israeli expats in Silicon Valley is seeking volunteers to “host Israelis who are stuck abroad due to the attack on Israel.” For more information about this and other initiatives, or to sign up to host an Israeli, click here.
IsraAID. This Israeli aid group with a Bay Area office, known mainly for humanitarian work outside of Israel, is accepting donations for its efforts to get relief supplies and other support to Israeli communities affected by the fighting.
JGive. The Israeli tech-based nonprofit dedicated to “growing the culture of giving in Israel and to Israel” has launched a “national emergency fund to aid war victims.” For more information, click here.
American Friends of Magen David Adom. Donate to support paramedics, EMTs, first responders and first-aid providers on the ground in Israel. Click here to donate.
NATAL: Israel Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War. This Israeli organization offers mental health treatment around PTSD and other trauma related to war and terror. Donate here.