For the Holiday Season and the entire month of December, Israel Relief Aid will be reaching out to the poor at the Tel Aviv Homeless Café and residents of Sderot. Many Israelis have fallen on hard times with the constant strain of missile attacks and anxiety, not knowing where their next meal will come from.
The Beer Sheva shelter provides a refuge for women escaping tough domestic situations and a secure place for them to rebuild their lives. Working in cooperation with an anti-violence group, the shelter provides women with emotional and practical support.
One entrant into the Beer Sheva shelter was L., a girl who was picked up living on the streets of Ashqelon. She had a traumatic past and now receives therapy.
For the Men
The Beer Sheva shelter also runs a men’s rehabilitation center, and they report: V. is a rehabilitant who came to us from Ashkelon. He immigrated to Israel 20 years ago alone, served in the army, worked, lived quite well, but then his health started deteriorating rapidly. The doctors were not able to give a diagnosis and this situation cut the ground from under his feet and threw him into a deep depression.
Our friends later found V. lying beside a dumpster on the street. Today he is in our rehab, going through additional medical check-ups, and receiving therapy to get out of the depression.
A recurring need for these shelters is daily food for meals for the homes. This is where Israel Relief Aid would like to get involved. The shelters need weekly fresh food like milk, lettuce, cheese, chicken, vegetables, fruits, eggs, potatoes, bread, butter, etc. If we can give them food for an extended period, they can concentrate on other needs.
The whole downtown area of Tel Aviv is home to the homeless . . . here and there you will see them. It’s a scene that really reaches the heart. READ MORE. . .
From Beer Sheva to Jerusalem, aid containers of textiles/clothing (and winter clothing!) have brought warmth to Israel’s needy sectors. READ MORE. . .
Pictures from Beer Sheva in south Israel, Ashdod and Bat Yam on the coast, supplying warm jackets for the super cold winter here in the Holy Land. Holocaust Survivors, pensioners, widows that live on a stipend most of them READ MORE . . .
January is upon us and all the wintery weather that it brings all over the world. Israel can get bitterly cold or have rain with flooding or flash floods, or simply thunderstorms.
When the super-cold weather hits Israel, it’s not the time to be outside. READ MORE. . .
For the month of November, Israel Relief Aid will be reaching out to the poor at the Tel Aviv Homeless Café! Many Israelis have lost their jobs during these trying Corona times. Tens of thousands are living on the brink of despair and the constant, nagging stress of not knowing where their next meal will come from. READ MORE. . .
Two shelters in Beer Sheva housing and rehabilitating men and women who live on the streets of various cities in Israel, as well as abused women, received a surprise blessing this month. You blessed them right where they needed it. READ MORE...
