Volunteers from an Israeli nonprofit helped victims of a recent earthquake in Indonesia. The volunteers from the Israeli Flying Aid team, whose work was cosponsored by the American Jewish Committee, provided children with post-traumatic stress disorder treatments and served two hot meals daily to 5,200 people. The efforts in eight Muslim villages won approval from Indonesian government officials, as well as the local Muslim leadership, who asked for the group’s help in reconstructing a mosque destroyed by the earthquake. The activities weren’t reported until now for fear of potential threats from Islamists.
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