Hope is passed on.The bond remains.

We listen closely to each family and connect them with resources that may help. We provide monthly bank transfers and organize grocery deliveries. Before the school year, we make sure children have what they need: school supplies, clothes, tzitzit, lunch boxes and other essentials. For holidays, we increase support with extra food—chicken, fish, meat, eggs, matzah and vegetables—or financial assistance. When rent arrears put a family’s home at risk, we sometimes speak with landlords in an effort to prevent eviction. During school holidays, we aim to support single mothers so they can work and/or offer activities to their children. This year, we distributed 130 swimming-pool passes.

Most of the families we support are single-mother households or families affected by illness and/or disability.

We prioritize direct financial help over cards, so families can make up their rent shortfall and keep a roof over their heads. A single mother told us this was more practical for her than the cards she received from another association: her greatest worry was paying rent, and she could manage with pasta every day. Her story reminds us to respond to each family’s most urgent need.

Today, their main priorities are rent and bills, to help prevent essential services from being cut off.

We need more people to share our fundraising appeals and help raise awareness of the association, as well as more donations. Even a gift of 20 or 30 NIS is a real blessing. Ideally, more people would support us through monthly automatic bank transfers; those who wish may dedicate part of their ma’aser (tithe). We have not yet received approval under Section 46, which may provide a tax benefit to donors; the process takes time. Until then, every small donation makes a difference.

In Har Homa, we organize weekly grocery support. For more than two years, one family sent us a list of items missing at home, including food, hygiene products and cleaning supplies. Last year, we expanded the support to two families and recruited more volunteers to collect, sort and deliver the groceries. We also use some donations to buy discounted products and stock a reserve cupboard, so we can respond quickly when a family is in distress. With Itshak, we distributed fruit and vegetables for over a year. For the past year, Eyal has often helped us receive bread and/or pita from Rami Levy, which we distribute to families. We would be delighted to see other neighborhoods adopt this idea and help more families.

Our greatest achievement is seeing some of the families we helped get back on their feet, and even become donors themselves.

Yes. Your contribution can be directed toward an action that matters to you, based on current needs and the association’s capacity.

100% of donations fund support for families, including monthly transfers, groceries and the reserve cupboard, as well as help with rent and bills.

We are looking for people with a strong network who can share our fundraising campaigns and help raise awareness of the association. In Har Homa, Jerusalem, we also need volunteers willing to go around the neighborhood to collect food or hygiene products bought for the families we support. We are also looking for people who can shop online and arrange delivery to families outside Har Homa. About half of the families we help live elsewhere, including Netanya, Ma’ale Adumim and other Jerusalem neighborhoods.