As one of the central aid arms of Israel’s civil society during emergencies, we mobilized our full infrastructure following the October 7th war to provide urgent humanitarian relief across Israel. Aid was delivered to evacuees, civilians in distress, Holocaust Survivors, and tens of thousands of low-income families and elderly individuals whose situation have worsened. Assistance includes kits with food, hygiene items, and basic necessities distributed based on professional needs assessments done by our team. We also operate a national call center and a volunteer unit that delivers aid to those unable to reach distribution points.

This large-scale effort has been made possible thanks to our generous partners, donors, and thousands of volunteers who’ve been with us since day one, helping pack, transport, and distribute aid to war-affected communities.

At the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, we undertook an urgent national mission: to prevent the spread of the virus among Israel’s most vulnerable elderly population. we launched an emergency campaign to protect 15,000 Holocaust Survivors and isolated elderly individuals lacking access to basic needs. Alongside this effort, we continued to support low-income families and responded to the growing number of Israelis pushed into economic distress by the pandemic. By the end of 2021, nearly a quarter of Israeli families were on the brink of poverty, often referred to as the “new poor”, prompting Latet to significantly expand its monthly food aid program from 60,000 families supported in 2019, to 80,000 families in 2022.

As an Israeli humanitarian aid organization active in both routine and emergency settings, we have extensive experience in responding to natural disasters and civil conflicts. Over the past three decades, we’ve deployed humanitarian missions to Ukraine, Kosovo, Rwanda, Croatia, Georgia, Turkey, India, Sri Lanka, Congo, Myanmar, Haiti, and more.

One of our most significant recent efforts was in response to the war in Ukraine, where we focused on two key tracks: delivering humanitarian aid (food, medicine, and emergency supplies) to refugees in Ukraine and supporting Ukrainian war refugees who made Aliyah and were integrated in Israel.