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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.
Anya, 18, lives with her mother, Olga, 58, and her daughter, Masha, 3. Anya tries to support her mother, and Olga does her best for Anya and Masha. Neither Masha nor Anya is in good health – both need regular medical treatment for ailments and both have faced frequent hospitalizations....
Yuval served in the tanks corps and completed his full Army service. Only a few months after finishing, he was the victim of a hit and run accident that left him with a severely damaged hand. Yuval underwent half a year of physical therapy, by the end of which he...
Upon completing his army service, Nadav found work in building construction and repair. After a few years, he went out on his own as an independent contractor. Nadav, 42, made a good, consistent living and was able to support his wife and children. However, in the past year, work has...
Dalia, a 77 year old widow, made Aliyah from Ethiopia nearly 20 years ago. She has struggled from the beginning and is now living off only her monthly Bituach Leumi stipend. As a mother of three, she finds it nearly impossible to make ends meet from month to month. One...
Sofia, 51, moved to Israel when she was 32. Her son, Yotam, was born a few years later. Last year her husband left the family and moved back to Russia; neither Sofia nor Yotam has any contact with him. Sofia and Yotam are in Israel alone, with no extended family....
Benjamin, 50, is too sick to work. He has liver and kidney problems, a ruptured disk, and on-going psychiatric problems (including several suicide attempts); recently the doctor found a tumor on his liver, for which he is about to begin weekly treatments. His wife, Dina, 48, used to be a...
Meir, 64, makes the best living he can by selling newspapers. His wife, Sarah, 55, is an invalid. She receives a small handicapped stipend, but is unable to earn a living. Their four sons are grown and married, and their 18-year old daughter is serving in the Army. The family...
Until her oldest daughter got sick four months ago, Salwa, 41, did temporary jobs like cleaning. But she stopped when Aisha, 17, was hospitalized with an aggressive bacterium that is still ravaging her body. Salwa never earned a lot, so has mostly relied on her ex-husband’s child support payments, which...
Amara and her family moved to Israel from India when she was a young girl. The family struggled to integrate but was determined to stay in the country. A few years later, a car accident killed Amara’s father and grandmother, and left her mother badly injured. The repercussions of the...
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...
Orit, 28 years old, came to Israel from Ethiopia as a baby. Her parents, along with her six siblings, moved into an absorption center in the North and then settled in the center of the country. Orit’s father suffers from serious health issues and has never been able to work....
Nira suffers from Addison’s disease. It has weakened her muscles to the extent that she can no longer stand and is completely reliant on a wheelchair. Nira cannot use the couch in her living room because it is too narrow and too low to allow her to transfer herself from...
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
Miriam and her husband divorced 15 years ago, when she was pregnant with their 11th child. Many of the children are now married, but several still live with their mother, and Miriam has opened her home to a lone soldier as well. Miriam works long hours as a salesperson in...
38-year-old Noa has lived a life fraught with hardship and pain. She grew up in a troubled family and faced ongoing verbal abuse from her parents. Her first ex-husband, with whom she has an 11-year-old son, was addicted to drugs and committed suicide a year ago. Noa re-married and had...
Because Liat is married, she is not eligible for certain kinds of government support. This does not reflect the actual situation, in which her husband, Meir, spends his days hanging out with lowlifes and using drugs. After years of drug abuse and periods of incarceration, he seems incapable of sustained,...
Yulia has a borderline personality disorder and has not, in the past, managed well by herself. She and her four young children live with her mother, who helps her to raise them. The home is crowded and Yulia feels that the situation limits her ability to build a real bond...
Although Sarah’s parents abandoned her when she was young, they re-entered her life when she was 16 and, despite her resistance, forced her to marry. Her husband was violent toward her, a problem that only got worse after the family moved to Israel from Ethiopia in 1991. At first, Sarah’s...
10-year old Ariella could benefit from a psychological assessment to identify her behavioral issues and understand how best to help her. She is generally closed and uncommunicative and erupts with anger, taking her frustration out on her parents. School staff have noticed she lacks motivation and is uninterested in learning....
Etty dreams of becoming a special education teacher. Having spent the last several years at home taking care of her children – four out of five of whom are developmentally delayed or autistic – she has a lot of practical experience in the field already. Etty finished high school but...
Regina, 36, lives with her mother, grandmother and 2 children in a very basic apartment in Ashdod. Regina had been working but was forced to stop due to health issues. She has yet to receive disability benefits but does regularly receive payments from the fathers of her two children. Regina’s...