Middle East
Following the October 7 attacks, hundreds of thousands of Israelis were displaced from border communities, disrupting homes, schools, and livelihoods amid continued security threats.
The October 7, 2023 attacks killed roughly 1,400 people, took 250+ hostages, and displaced 200,000 people from Israel's south and north, devastating an agricultural heartland that relied on tens of thousands of farm workers. Shai Fund responded by evacuating 361 people from danger, delivering humanitarian aid to more than 36,000 individuals, and launching Crisis First Aid training for civilians in conflict-prone border communities.
Shai Fund's ongoing work in Israel focuses on restoring kibbutzim devastated by the attacks and building bridges between communities — including in Nazareth and the Golan — so that recovery strengthens coexistence rather than division.
Shai Fund continues to support first-responder training, kibbutz restoration, and inter-community bridge-building so that recovery from October 7 strengthens, rather than fractures, the region's shared future.
Help fund crisis relief, kibbutz restoration, and community rebuilding across Israel's border regions.