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Project Facts:
YAEL'S CORNERA Woman I Will Never Forget My heater broke yesterday, and the weather in Jerusalem is very cold. I am sitting here writing while bundled in many layers, but I'm still shivering. Yet each time I begin to feel sorry for myself and my family, I think of Shifra, an 80-year-old woman with short, frizzy gray hair and blue eyes like an angel, who I met last week in Jerusalem… Read more
Press Coverage
Ynetnews—
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has donated $5 million to help pay the heating bills of Israel's neediest elderly citizens. The State of Israel partially subsidizes the electric bills of this population, yet even with this assistance the majority still cannot afford to pay the balance of their heating bill during the winter. One recent study showed that one-third of all elderly Israelis have had to forgo heating their homes in order to buy food and medicine. Thanks to the Fellowship's donation, more than 134,000 elderly residents throughout Israel will receive a grant of approximately 150 shekels, or about $40, for the cold months of February and March. This is the first time in Israel that a philanthropic organization has transferred its donation directly to the Electric Corp., which will deduct the sum from the personal electric bills of each eligible recipient. This method was chosen in order to preserve the dignity of recipients, and to ensure that the donations reached the recipients as quickly and efficiently as possible.
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Others Being Helped 
Shlomo, 75, immigrated to Israel from Russia at a very young age. He loved living in Israel and worked hard to support his wife and daughter. Shlomo lived a simple but happy life in Israel until his wife got sick and passed away. 
Pashimo is an 83-year-old woman who is kind, loving, and soft spoken. She is very poor and is bound to a wheelchair because her legs are completely paralyzed … Read more 
Even in Israel, winter can be severe. Especially for the elderly poor… Thinking of frail, elderly people living in unheated rooms and apartments … Read more SEE YOUR IMPACT 'Thank You With All My Heart!' Elderly recipients and their family members sent thank-you notes to tell The Fellowship how much they appreciated the gift of heat this winter. Eligible recipients received a grant of about $40 (150 NIS/shekels) toward their heating bill for February and March. Read more |
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