N.Y. In 1965. JDC assisted 42.400 refugees. repatriates. etc. Of these. over 11.000 were citizens in a country of asylum. about 30.000 did not have the protection of citizenship and were scattered over 11 countries. JDC helped these refugees with food. clothing. shelter. medical assistance. low cost loans. vocational training. and school and guidance counseling. JDC also maintained a community aid program which provided funds and technical assistance for synagogues. schools and community centers. JDC focused particular attention in 1965 on these chronic refugee problems: FranceOver 34.150 refugees. mostly from Algeria. Tunisia. Morocco and Eastern Europe. Pockets of these refugees are also found in Italy. Austria and Belgium. World War IIJDC is still assisting 5.000 war refugees and displaced persons. Most of them3.300. are in Australia. 330 in Sweden. and a smaller number in Belgium. Norway. Portugal and Spain. Additionally. JDC aid is still going to small numbers of refugees from Hitlers Europe in such widely scattered areas as Italy. Tangier. Haiti. the Philippines. Portugal and Spain. In 1965. the welfare. rehabilitation and cultural programs on behalf of refugees and other needy Jews in all parts of the world were sustained by a budget of $28.853.500. provided chiefly by the campaigns of the United Jewish Appeal and 19.717.000 pounds of United Statesdonated Food For Peace supplies worth $194.776 and other material aid. Lutheran World Federation U.S.A. Committee for LWF.
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