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Read these personal stories brought to us by social services professionals around Israel. The names of all applicants have been changed to protect individual privacy. The names of the verifying social worker and agency are real. Photographs are illustrative only.
Shachar’s story is heartbreaking. A divorced mother of three young children, Shachar, 34, worked full-time until two years ago when she was injured in a car accident. She was put on temporary disability and has not managed to rejoin the workforce since. Shachar has no family support; her father, deceased,...
The Shachar family has fallen on hard times. Guy was recently laid off and is currently unemployed. Shoshana, his wife, works as an aide to the elderly and earns a minimal salary. The couple have three children, ages 3-11. Shoshana and Guy are trying to improve their circumstances and attend...
Shoshana, 36, is facing difficult times. Married at a very young age, she gave birth to twins at the age of 18. This was followed by the birth of two more children. It soon became apparent that her husband was an alcoholic, and they subsequently divorced. He pays no child...
Anat and Adam, both 39, have steady, reliable jobs. Anat works as a secretary, while Adam is a salesman in a tile store. Both parents work part-time so that they can divide their childcare between them. Anat and Adam have three children, ages 4, 2, and 1. Adam also has...
Oren, 54, and Gitit, 52, are trying their best to provide for their 12 children. They subsist on Oren’s monthly stipend from the kollel where he learns every day and on government disability payments for one of their sons. Gitit is at home, taking care of that son, who is...
Hila, 21, grew up in a family with 11 siblings. Her father is a maintenance man, and her mother cleans mikvaot. Her father cares about his family, but is so out of touch with his emotions that he has no idea how to raise or discipline his children. As a...
Michal, 39, is divorced and raising four children on her own. Despite her complicated family history, Michal has made every effort to support herself and her children and get ahead in life. Michal started her degree in special education but, unfortunately, due to a family crisis, she had to drop...
Shalom’s parents are diligent, responsible and loving, but caring for him is a never-ending burden for them. Shalom, 27, is autistic. He also has ADD and a number of other issues. He has trouble holding a job, is irresponsible with money and careless of hygiene, and would wander the streets...
Sarah, 40, came to Israel from Ethiopia when she was six years old. Her mother died en route, and her father disappeared when they arrived. Sarah completed 12 years of boarding school but could not finish her Army service because of her desperate financial situation. Sarah has no family and...
Until six months ago, Maya, 48, was her family’s sole wage earner. She worked as an aide to the elderly and did whatever she could to stretch her small income to care for her five children. Her husband, Ya’akov, 62, suffers from emotional issues that keep him from holding a...
Hadassah and Shimon have eight children, ages 1-12. The couple does everything in their power to provide for their family’s basic needs, but it isn’t easy. Hadassah runs a small childcare group from her home, and Shimon works in a supermarket. With their combined incomes, they struggle to make ends...
Miriam and Shai are trying their best to meet the needs of their nine children, but it isn’t easy. Shai is currently unemployed, and Miriam works in a clothing store. Their biggest challenge right now is their 26-year-old twins, both of whom suffer from autism. Reuven was diagnosed with autism,...
The CORONA Relief Fund
for the benefit of individuals and families dealing with financial loss resulting from COVID-19
After consultations with our partner social workers in agencies around the country, Ten Gav has established the CORONA Relief Fund to deal with extraordinary circumstances created by the impact of the coronavirus.
Project ONWARD 2020
for the benefit of women in distress
Project ONWARD is an ongoing fund, created in order to address the needs of Israeli single mothers and young women who are attempting to overcome the challenges of poor housing conditions and inadequate resources and support. Project ONWARD funds basic needs (fridges, beds, ovens and washers), educational and vocational programs and computers that...
Project BOOST 2020
for the benefit of At-Risk Youth
Through our work with social services departments around the country we know how badly at-risk youth need our continuous support. We have therefore established Project BOOST, an ongoing fund, so that together, we can help them. The goals of Project BOOST are: To empower at risk youth to complete schooling...
Recently Funded Personal Stories
Although Orna has seven children, from three relationships, her mothering skills are poor, so most of them were removed from her care. However, she has a strong relationship with her youngest daughter, now 13, and one of the older boys has come to live with her as well. Orna lives...
A few years ago, Shai’s business failed, leaving him bankrupt. Since then, he and his wife, Ayala, have been working very hard to pay off their debts. Shai, 61, puts in long hours as a cab driver, while Ayala works at a supermarket. Their youngest son Gil is autistic and...
Both Abe and Batya suffer from emotional issues that require on-going medical supervision. Nonetheless, Abe holds a full-time job in a factory and does his best to be a good father to the four children from his first marriage and the two from his second. Batya is at home with...
Shalom, 39, and Shira, 38, are doing their best to raise their five children under difficult circumstances. Shalom does not work because he is in treatment for drug addiction. He only has eight years of education, so has always had trouble finding jobs that pay well enough to cover his...
After many difficult years of marriage, Sima and her husband recently divorced. She now lives, with her two-year-old son, in the home that she inherited from her parents. Her former husband never worked steadily and does not support her or their four children. Sima relies on her oldest two daughters,...
The Malachi family’s story is one of poverty, pain and extreme hardship. Miriam and Yaakov have nine children and live in a small three bedroom apartment down South. Two of their sons served in the army in combat positions and a third is currently serving. Yet the family hasn’t beds...
Liora and Avi are a young couple with two small children. They have no external support (her parents do not live in Israel, while his father died of cancer and his mother has schizophrenia) as they try to make a stable life for themselves. Avi works in security but is...
Project RESPECT 2020
for the benefit of elderly Ethiopians
We’d like you to meet Moran and Dinah! Moran Yosef is the director of the Seniors Center for Elderly Ethiopian Immigrants (Ha’Moadon le’kshishei Yotz’ei Ethiopia) in Hadera and Dinah is the sports director. There are approximately 600 elderly Ethiopians living in Hadera. In our work with the municipal social services department over the...