(JTA) — The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and B’nai B’rith International have opened disaster relief funds to send aid to Myanmar, formerly called Burma, where at least 22,000 people have been killed and millions left homeless after the May 3 cyclone. The JDC is helping some of the region’s estimated 10 Jews. The B’nai B’rith relief fund will allocate $10,000 to help IsraAID send 10 relief workers, including paramedics, doctors, nurses and water specialists, to Myanmar. The team is cooperating with the local United Nations office and Israel’s embassy in the region. Donations can be made online at www.jdc.org; by phone at (212) 687-6200; or to Myanmar Cyclone Relief, P.O. Box 530, 132 E. 43rd St., New York, NY 10017. Donations to B’nai B’rith
can be sent to B’nai B’rith International Disaster Relief Fund, 2020 K Street, NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20006, or online at www.bnaibrith.org/support/disaster_relief.cfm
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