Families


"Guardians of Israel saved me from homelessness"

Some needy families in Israel scrape by on just enough to pay their monthly bills. Any emergency expense can throw them into financial turmoil from which it is nearly impossible to recover. Learn how one family fell on hard times and how Guardians of Israel stepped in to help them in their time of need. … Read More

Water in the Desert

Making ends meet has never been easy for the Peleg family especially since one of their four children, Uri, suffers from a rare disease that requires expensive medication.

When Uri’s father, Nahum, suffered a massive stroke two years ago and was confined to a nursing home, the family was devastated by grief and financial hardship. Rivka, Uri’s mother, watched helplessly as soaring medical bills quickly drained the family’s meager finances… Read More

A Repaired Home, A Repaired Family

Shlomo, an Ethiopian Jew, had lived happily in Israel with his family for eight years when tragedy struck. “I remember smelling smoke in my sleep,” he says. “I woke my wife and children in a hurry and took them out of our burning house.”

A faulty fuse had started the fire that nearly claimed the lives of Shlomo and his family. They were grateful to be alive, but all their possessions were destroyed, and their house severely damaged. It was a devastating blow—the family had come to Israel with nothing but the clothes on their backs, and Shlomo had worked very hard and carefully saved money to provide a better life for his family… Read More