HIAS

Overview

HIAS is the world’s oldest refugee agency. Though the organization was formally established as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in 1902, that founding moment represented a continuation of several predecessor organizations that had worked through the 1880s and 1890s to assist Jews fleeing pogroms in Russia and Eastern Europe. While those arriving in the United States at that time were refugees, the world did not yet have a legal concept for people who needed safe refuge outside their homelands.

HIAS in the 2020s is a multi-continent, multi-pronged humanitarian aid and advocacy organization with thousands of employees dedicated to helping forcibly displaced persons around the world in keeping with the organization’s Jewish ethical roots.

Category:
International Organization
Sectors of Interest:
Health, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration, Women Rights and Empowerment
Sub Sectors of Interest:
Relief assistance and services, Mental Health, Ending violence against women and girls, Disaster preparedness and reduction, Refugee protection, Social and economic inclusion, Internally displaced persons, Disasters and humanitarian emergencies
Type of Service:
Advocacy and awareness raising, Institutional Strengthening, Legal Services, Monitoring and evaluation
Sub Services:
Organizational Development, Legal counselling,
Locations:
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon
Headquarters:
United States

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