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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.
After Orit divorced because of her husband’s gambling addiction, she went to work in order to raise their four children properly and to try to pay off the debts that he had run up. Not trained in any specific field, Orit often found herself doing difficult physical labor. She persevered...
Although he does not mean to, eight-year old Chaim is making his family’s already-difficult life much harder. Chaim’s father struggles with depression. He is in treatment for it and takes his medicine, and this has made it possible of late for him to hold a part-time job as a maintenance...
When Batya finished her Army service, she went to live in Jerusalem with her boyfriend. They built a good relationship, but it fell apart when she became pregnant. He left her and refused to acknowledge the child. Alone, Batya returned to her hometown. She tried to work, but had to...
Shiri, 27, grew up in a troubled family. Her parents had neither parenting nor couples’ skills and earned little. Shiri was subject to sexual assaults. Social services moved her to a boarding school when she was 12, and she stayed there until getting married at 16. The marriage lasted only...
Rina, 50, has been on the waiting list for new lungs for three years. In the meantime, her current lungs are functioning at 14%, leaving her completely dependent on an oxygen tank. She is barely mobile and every task requires enormous effort. She is completely disabled, so receives a stipend...
Naphtali and Leah are raising 5 children in a Haredi community. They have had substantial financial problems. However, Naphtali has recently begun studying education and is enrolled in a 3 year course to teach special education and Judaic Studies ( Tosh”ba). This will increase his earning power and hopefully the...
Miriam, Alon and their 10 children live in a three-bedroom apartment. Every one of the school-aged children has some kind of learning delay that require them to seek additional therapies and assistance. Five of the girls sleep in one room, three of the boys are in the second, and Miriam...
Despite having been a widow with a very low income for many years, Svetlana, 71, has never turned to social services for help before. She lived an independent life and managed, by being very frugal, to support herself. Three months ago, an electrical fire broke out in her rental apartment...
Yoav, 16, has always been a sweet, social, optimistic boy. But he struggled to fit in at school. He is not assertive, so often found himself the butt of jokes and bullying. Over the years, when he did not know how to respond to his peers’ behavior, he lost his...
Eden, 20, grew up in a broken home and developed into a young woman with a history of drug abuse and criminal behaviour. After rehab she married and had two children- one who is now one and the other only just months old. Eden and her husband recently separated, and...
Rebecca’s marriage lasted for only two years. A judge granted her a divorce immediately when she described the abuse she had suffered. Her former husband pays his court-ordered child support for their son irregularly, so she cannot rely on the money. Recently, Rebecca became involved with another young man, but...
Yunus was born in Ethiopia in 1936 and made aliya in 1991. Yunus is a father to 6 and divorced 20 years, primarily due to economic struggles in a new land. He has lived very simply and his failing eyesight is making doing his laundry by hand, something he has...
The CORONA Relief Fund
for the benefit of individuals and families who have experienced job loss as a result of 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. Ten Gav is accepting applications from social service agencies with whom we have a working relationship for extraordinary...
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
Avital and her husband have five children under the age of five (including eight-month old twins). He is looking for a job but, in the meantime, Avital is the family’s sole breadwinner, working as a bookkeeper for a car rental company. Avital is there full time, despite the children’s demands,...
Unable to take the on-going violence and abuse, Aliza moved out of her parents’ home a year ago, when she was 17. Despite not living at home, Aliza continued to defend and support her mother and three younger siblings against her father’s abuse. Aliza has enlisted in the Army and...
Olga, 79, is a Holocaust survivor. She moved to Israel with her husband and daughter almost 20 years ago. Here she worked for the Israeli postal service for almost a decade. Olga’s husband died 12 years ago and her daughter does not live nearby – although they speak on the...
As the sole wage earner for her family, Ayala works until 2:00 p.m. every day. She cannot put in more hours than that, because her four children need support at home. Her oldest, a seven-year old, is disabled with severe ADHD. He does not read well, is clumsy, cannot eat without...
Danny and Gila keep their home neat and orderly. But they are struggling with little income and high debts, which make it difficult to raise their six children and meet their monthly needs. Gila was at home for many years, taking care of the children, but despite health problems that...
As a child, Natan, now 17.5, struggled to find himself. The oldest of seven children, he grew withdrawn and had trouble focusing on his studies, even though he loved learning. With support and treatment, Natan has learned to control his emotions and behavior and to accept authority. He is doing...
Every day is a struggle for the Levy family. Dana has had had kidney problems for many years and has not been able to work. Recently she had an operation to remove one of her kidneys, but her recovery has been slow and difficult. Eyal had been working as a...
Adam is a 68 year old man who suffers from severe diabetes. His diabetes has caused strokes and interferes with his ability to manage his day-to-day activities. As a result, Adam can no longer work. Without an income, he relies on his old age pension, which he sometimes cannot stretch...