Help Combat the Poverty Among Families Today!
The number of Israeli families living in poverty remains shockingly high. A 2007 study found that 420,000 families in Israel live below the poverty line. In Jerusalem, 33 percent of families struggle to afford basic necessities that we take for granted. And while their needs are not shrinking, the government’s budget is, due to Israel’s need to increase defense spending to protect her people against terrorism and prepare for the possibility of war.
Guardians of Israel responds to these critical needs by providing families with food, clothing, medicine and heating. Guardians also provides after school care for children of working parents, job training for single mothers and assistance to immigrant families and special needs children, and much more. Don’t let these families fall between the cracks - give to Guardians of Israel today.
Dana and her five-year-old daughter came to Israel from Russia three years ago in hopes of a better life. Dana's grandparents survived the holocaust, and since then no one in her family has remained faithful to Judaism, except for Dana. "My family thinks I'm crazy for staying Jewish after the holocaust," explains Dana… read More
Leah, a 42-year-old single mom, had nowhere to turn. Five years ago when she was diagnosed with diabetes and heart disease, her husband left the country — and she hasn't heard from him since. Her parents aren't living and she's an only child, so there was no one to help her raise her two children, now 8 and 10. Read More
Aaron and his wife recently welcomed a new baby girl into the world with joy and thanksgiving. They thought they'd never be able to have children, so it was truly a miracle. Unfortunately, prior to their child's birth, Aaron lost his job. Read More
The Salvia family came from the former Soviet Union just one year ago. Mrs. Salvia, a single mother with a 16-year-old son and a 10-year-old daughter, and doesn't speak much Hebrew which made it difficult for her to find a job. She earns minimum wage working as a nanny for another Russian family in the neighborhood. Read More
Dana is a single mother of six, a native Israeli who works long hours in the catering business. Due to rising food prices and increases in rent, she still finds it hard to make ends meet. She can barely afford to pay her rent and her bills for food, electricity, and water. Read More
As a child growing up in Russia, Sonia learned about Judaism from her grandfather. She remembers speaking Hebrew with him and watching him say his morning prayers. But anti-Semitism in Russia is rampant. Living there, Sonia felt a spiritual void. She dreamed of one day making aliyah… read More
At a high school gym in Jerusalem, needy Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia, Russia, Yemen, and many other countries flood the basketball court to receive the food they need to celebrate the Passover holiday. The food baskets are provided by The Fellowship's Guardians of Israel program, and as the immigrants line up, volunteers work tirelessly to hand them out. Read More
Malka is a 67-year-old Jewish immigrant from Morocco. In the parking lot of a Jerusalem high school where she came to pick up her Passover food boxes provided by The Fellowship, she spoke to a Fellowship staff member about her life in Morocco and the trials she has encountered since moving to Israel as a child.Read More
Shir and her family are very poor. When Shir's mother was forced to use money for her electric bill to pay for medicine to treat her mother's chronic heart condition, Shir prayed for a miracle that would help her pay the bill so her electricity would not be cut off. Find out how The Fellowship's Guardians of Israel stepped in to help answer Shir's prayers. Read More
Chava is a single mother of six children who only recently moved to an apartment of her own. Just six months ago she was living with her children on the streets. "My husband left us a year ago and I was not able to afford even the cheapest apartment," she says. "While I looked for a job my children and I would sleep in the park and it was the hardest point in my life." Read More
David, a 59-year-old man diagnosed with cancer, struggled to support his family on a tiny disability pension from the Israeli government. When he was forced to give up several rounds of medical treatment to pay for secondhand clothing for his children, this generous act of self-sacrifice landed him in the hospital… Read More
Smadar, 35, is a strong woman and mother of three whose family recently received devastating news. While Smadar was pregnant with her third child, she found out she had a brain tumor. “From that moment on my world was turned upside down,” she says… Read More
With funding from The Fellowship, the Gidon family realized their long–held dream of moving to Israel from Gondar, Ethiopia. Although they are grateful for the opportunity to live in their Biblical homeland, adjusting to their new life situation has been anything but easy… Read More
Tzahi and Sarah have five children. For years, Tzahi's job as a salesman and Sarah's as a secretary allowed them to provide a modest but comfortable life for their family… Read More
At 21, Kinneret married Yoni, her best friend and the love of her life. Together they had two beautiful children. "It was a dream," Kinneret remembers. Kinneret and her husband both worked and together were able to make ends meet… Read More
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