| March 2004
Shalom Dear Contributors and friends of
the Olim Fund,
We continue to rejoice in your generosity
and the great blessing of your outreach to our Olim families who
are hurting here in the Land. The donations this month again topped
$10,000, most of which have already been distributed as reported
in detail below. For the first time we are able to carry over
some funds to be used for emergency requirements that may occur
before our next formal meeting.
By way of a monthly update:
1. Our application to make the Fund, operating
under the new name of "the Olim fund of Israel" continues
to await formal governmental approval which we are again assured
is only a formality and will soon be forthcoming. This in no way
is impeding our operations which will continue on a cash basis
until we finally wade through the governmental paper mill.
2. The first edition of my DVD college
level teaching developed for Faith Seminary and the general Christian
Church entitled "The Jewish Origins of Christianity"
to be mass marketed by Sid Roth of Messianic Vision has just been
shipped to Sid Roth and to our distributor in Mt. Vernon, WA (see
our web site: www.olimpublicatons.com where it can be ordered
for $49.95. For those wishing to get fully accredited and transferable
college credit for the course, Faith Seminary has agreed to provide
this service for less than half the cost of their regular tuition.
3. I am very pleased to announce that Nirit
Zagofsky has now joined us as our volunteer office manager. PTL!
Nirit brings to the Fund a wealth of experience and capability
in this area and she has already been a great blessing in helping
us rise to an ever growing administrative requirement.
Following is the report of distributions for March 2004.
With love and blessings,
Bob Fischer
OLIM FUND OF THE GALILEE
March
2004, DISTRIBUTION
|
Family Size
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Location
|
Monthly Income
|
Overview of Situation Funded
|
Gift
|
|
1
|
Afula
|
$317
|
An administrative error has resulted in
this elderly woman’s monthly allowance being cut off for
two months. As a result, she is about to be removed from
her apartment because of non payment of rent.
|
$724
|
|
2
|
Nazareth Illit
|
$339
|
As above, this same administrative error
has led to this single mother of a seven year old to loose
her government support for two months. She is desperately
looking for work and struggling to meet the barest of survival
needs. She has been threatened with eviction from her apartment
and all utilities are about to be shut off.
|
$905
|
|
4
|
Nazareth Illit
|
$847
|
This family is struggling to survive on
a marginal income and is unable to take care of even the
most urgent of dental treatment needs of their two pre-teen
age children.
|
$226
|
|
2
|
Karmiel
|
$421
|
This recently widowed pensioner is struggling
to provide urgently needed medical care for her seriously
ill, unemployed, adult daughter.
|
$566
|
|
2
|
Haifa
|
$344
|
Divorced mother of a teenager is physically
disabled and thus unable to work. Her governmental support
is insufficient to meet more than the barest of survival
needs. This gift
is to provide them with a long needed refrigerator.
|
$566
|
|
1
|
Hadera
|
$566
|
Divorced elderly woman working part time
as a grocery checker. Her salary covers some but not all
of her minimum survival needs, thus, she has fallen into
debt and the bank has seized her account. This gift is to
help her restore her financial status.
|
$679
|
|
4
|
Hadera
|
$1097
|
Young couple with one toddler and a newborn
baby is struggling to survive on the head of the family’s
part time income. The young mother had to give up her job
to stay home with the children. This gift is to help them
pay for long overdue utility services which if not paid
will be terminated.
|
$339
|
|
5
|
Hadera
|
$1421
|
The head of this family lost his full time
job for three months and his part time income was insufficient
for the family’s barest needs. Thus, they fell into considerable
debt during this period. Recently, he has been restored
to his full time work status, but has no way of recovering
from the debt incurred during the time of insufficient income.
This gift is to help them resolve this nagging burden.
|
$452
|
|
5
|
Haifa
|
$792
|
Family survives on one part time income
and is unable to meet barest survival requirements. This
gift is to help them pay for school expenses and their long
overdue electric and water bills.
|
$452
|
|
2
|
Nahariya
|
$529
|
Pensioner couple lost their jobs some years
ago and over time fell into serious debt resulting in their
apartment being foreclosed by the bank. After long negotiation,
the government has decided to provide them with a very low
cost apartment, but his will not become available for another
two months. In the meantime, they have been put out of their
temporary apartment for non-payment of rent and are about
to be forced to live on the street for two months. This
gift is to cover the cost of continued temporary housing
until the low cost apartment becomes available.
|
$679
|
|
1
|
Karmiel
|
$649
|
Divorced pensioner living alone had water
leak develop in main leading to her apartment. Before this
was detected she ran up a huge (for her) water bill and
also the requirement to repair the leak. This gift will
help her resolve this serious situation.
|
$339
|
|
1
|
Nahariya
|
$649
|
Pensioner widow living alone has recently
developed a number of serious health problems requiring
prescription medication beyond her means. This gift will
give her temporary relief from this pressing situation.
|
$679
|
|
1
|
Haifa
|
$339
|
This 24 year old single woman has recently
undergone her seventh surgery for cancer. The first six
were for cancer of the colon: this most recent was for a
tumor in her uterus. Sadly, it turned out that this situation
was untreatable since a major blood vessel was involved.
Thus, she has been given three months to live. This gift
is to provide transportation and support for her mother
who lives in Russia to come to and be with her daughter
for three months.
|
$1132
|
|
1
|
Poriyya Illit
|
$163
|
Single young woman urgently needs dental
care. This gift establishes her in our Tiberias affiliated
dental clinic and will meet her initial requirements.
|
$452
|
|
3
|
Poriyya Illit
|
nil
|
This family is currently living with friends
and receiving no other support. He has been established
in our local affiliated dental program. This gift will cover
his urgently needed treatment.
|
$566
|
|
3
|
Poriyya Illit
|
$406
|
Young couple with new infant struggling
to survive. Both are in urgent need of dental care that
is beyond their own means to fund.
This gift will establish them in our locally
affiliated dental clinic.
|
$566
|
|
|
|
|
Total monthly distributions
Carried over for between the months emergency needs
Total monthly donations
|
$9,322
785
$10,107
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