Olim Fund of the Galilee
October 2005 Report

Tiberias, Israel

Shalom Dear Ones,

This has been another very rewarding month for the Fund, thanks to your continuing generosity and loving outreach to the Land of Israel and its newest Jewish citizens.

This month, you provided $7,207 which was allocated by our Board of Directors to meet the urgent needs of twelve new immigrant families. See the attached report for details). On behalf of of them all, I extend to you our heart felt thanks for your greatly needed and prayerfully allocated assistance.

I would like to tell you a bit more about our remarkable Dental Clinic associates here in Tiberias. The dentist and hygenist are both Arab Christians from the nearby terrorist "hotspot" village of Turan. It is so very gratifying to see these people living out their faith by taking care of the dental needs of Jewish immigrants for a fraction of what their services would normally cost.

For example, this month they met the needs of a couple, and a widow from Haifa. Following is the clinic's proposal which we have just funded:

"Olga --- needs the following treatment: root canal treatment & fillings in 4 teeth, 2 extractions, upper & lower vitalium (partial dentures). Cost: 3,000 NIS ($652)

"Victor--- needs 16 extractions and full upper & lower dentures. Cost: 3,000 NIS ($652)

"We have been treating Angela --- and the dentist recommends a bridge that was not included in my first estimate. This is essential work and should have been included. We are already doing one crown & just need to add 2 more to make a bridge to replace the tooth extracted. The Olim Fund has paid 1,300 NIS ($283) for Angela and an additional 1,000 NIS ($217)would cover the revised treatment bringing the total cost of her treatment to 2,300 NIS.($500)"

Can you imagine what all of this would cost in the Untited States?

Thanks again for your generosity and love,

Bob Fischer


Olim Fund of the Land of Israel

 

Monthly distributions for October 2005

 

                                                                              

Family Size

Location

Monthly Income

Overview of Situation Funded

Gift

2

Haifa

$989

The head of this middle age couple was permanently disabled in a work related accident and is unable to work. His pension and her part time income from house cleaning is only marginally able to meet their needs. His wife’s mother, who lives with them, has recently undergone serious medical problems that have fallen on them to cover. This gift is to help them deal with their overall serious situation.

 

 

$543

2

Haifa

$564

This divorced woman with a child living at home recently lost her job and is looking for a new one. She has fallen behind in both her rent and utility payments and is not receiving sufficient assistance from the government to cover the basic living costs. This gift is to keep the utilities turned on while she seeks new employment.

 

$435

3

Netanya

$761

This chronically unemployed couple is surviving on government support. Her mother who was visiting them recently died and the medical and funeral costs became their responsibility. This gift is to help them meet this unexpected situation.

 

$489

3

Haifa

$587

This recently widowed man was left with two children living at home. His income derived from both a part time job and government support is insufficient for him to cover the expenses surrounding his wife’s death and to meet overdue rent and utility costs.

 

$652

2

Arad

$417

This recently divorced man has one young child living with him. He has no means to provide assistance for his other two children who are living with their mother. He is mentally disabled and is unable to work. He is threatened with eviction for non-payment of rent, his utilities are about to be turned off, and he is at times unable to afford even sufficient food.

 

$652

 

2

 

Nahariya

 

$587

This pensioner couple has grave medical problems. He Recently had a heart attack that resulted in some brain damage that left him totally disabled. This occurred while she was fighting brain cancer that has resulted in the loss of vision in one eye. She will soon undergo surgery to try to save her other eye. This gift is to cover taking care of her husband while she is in the hospital and other related medical expenses.

 

 

$783

 

2

 

Nahariya

 

$685

This young divorcee has a young child living at home. This daughter needed major surgery in August and is still recovering at home. The mother lost her job at that time and has only recently found a new job as a house cleaner beginning each day at 5:00 AM. This gift is to help cover the expenses of a baby sitter each morning until 8:00 AM when the daughter can be taken to day care.

 

 

$609

 

1

 

Nahariya

 

$43

This new immigrant returned to her former home in Bulgaria to take care of her father who died a few weeks after she left Israel. She is now back in the Land, but has lost all of her aliyah benefits as a result of her leaving the country, except the meager stipend of $43 that is her entire income while she urgently seeks employment.

 

$435

1

Nahariya

$293

This widow recently became disabled and is now unable to navigate in and out of her apartment that has a many staired entrance. She urgently needs to move into an easy access apartment that she has already located. She needs help to cover moving and related expenses.

 

$652

2

Haifa

$315

This divorced woman shared an apartment with her mother who recently died. She is now unable to pay the entire rent and utilities and is urgently looking for someone to share the apartment. This gift is to help her deal with this situation until it can be resolved.

 

$435

 

3 (two families)

 

 

Haifa

 

Below Israel poverty level

The Fund finalized payment to the Tiberias Dental Clinic to meet the urgent needs of one retired couple and one widow, all of whom reside in Haifa. As noted in the cover letter the total cost of this care was 7,000 NIS ($1522) which is something on the order of %10 of what it would have cost elsewhere in Israel

 

$1522

 

 

 

 

Total monthly gifts

 

$7207

 

 

 

Copyright 2005 by Raymond Robert Fischer