Yotam Polizer

Yotam Polizer directs the global partnership program of IsraAID – Israel’s biggest humanitarian NGO that is typically the first responder whenever a tragic event strikes anywhere in the world. Following the September 2015 refugee crisis in Europe, he led IsraAID’s humanitarian mission in Lesbos, Greece, to support Syrian refugees on the island and also established IsraAID Germany, which provides long-term support for Yazidi and Syrian refugees in Germany.  During the last four years, Yotam has also built and led psycho-education programs in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, and in South Korea to support the reintegration of North Korean defectors. He has also led missions in Nepal following the 2015 Earthquake and in Sierra Leone for Ebola survivors, health workers, and affected communities.