Founded in 1933, WJR is the main overseas aid arm of the UK Jewish community. We provide basic welfare support in the form of food, medication and fuel as well as sustaining and renewing Jewish life in communities across the world.

KEY FACTS

WJR has operated in over 30 countries.

WJR has been established for 75 years

In 1938 WJR (formerly CBF) embarked on a rescue operation, the Kindertransport, which saved the lives of thousands of children from Nazi Germany

With its global outlook today WJR is positioned as the charity to channel the UK Jewish community's response to disasters and need affecting the international community regardless of race, religion or nationality.

WJR is above all an enabling organisation, helping individuals and communities to survive and thrive.

WJR has operated in Aden, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan/Chad, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yemen, Yugoslavia ad Zimbabwe.