Monday, January 30, 2017

Why Are There So Many Aid Centers in Haifa?

Haifa Aid Center

The December 2016 National Insurance Institute of Israel's annual poverty report shows a rise in the number of poor families in Israel.  In its annual report, the National Council for the Welfare of Children said that Israel’s 18-and-under population was 2,768,700 and that 1/3 of them were poor.

Winter Warm in Cold Israel

Aid Center Staff in Carmiel, Israel

It's mid January and already hundreds of kilos of winter coats and clothing have been distributed by Israel Relief Aid through its network of aid centers to victims of the Holocaust, WWII Ghetto survivor organizations, families in need, social services offices, Druze villages in the north of Israel, including the Golan Heights.