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August 12, 2003
Greetings to you all from Tiberias,
Thanks to your continued and growing generosity we had a particularly
gratifying meeting of our board last evening where we were able
to distribute over $6,000 to desperate situations among our Olim
(immigrant) families as detailed in the attached report.
It certainly is heartbreaking when our people are reduced to seeking
food in garbage bins, but such is the growing situation here in
the Land as the very real terrorist war continues with increasing
ferocity and unemployment grows ever worse, especially among our
new immigrants.
It is thus that we are so very grateful for you wonderful assistance
in meeting the most desperate of our many situation.
You can be certain that as more funds become available they too
will be dispersed to those who are in the greatest need and not
one penny will be deducted for overhead expenses which are covered
externally to the fund.
Please tell everyone who might be interested in joining in with
us in this effort to meet the survival level needs of our Jewish
immigrants to Israel. For more information about the Fund, please
visit our web site at www.olimpublications.com
With many thanks and blessings,
Bob Fischer
OLIM FUND OF THE GALILEE
August
2003, DISTRIBUTION
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Family Size
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Location
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Monthly Income
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Overview of Situation
Funded
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Gift
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4
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Quriat Motzkin (Haifa)
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$573
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Head of family’s
salary was reduced by 50% due to cut back in hours. Wife
is in late term pregnancy with 3rd child and
cannot work. All utilities have been shut off due to non-payment
and the family is unable to meet even the basic needs of
living.
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$459
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4
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Quriat Yam (Haifa)
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$1,353
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This is the family
that lost their son some months ago for whom the Fund purchased
a tombstone. Now they are unable to pay the current mortgage
payment on their apartment and the bank is threatening to
repossess. Payment is for one month mortgage due.
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$344
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6
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Nesher (Haifa)
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$963
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Annual school payments
are due for this family with unemployed parents and four
young children. Gift is to meet these school payments which
they are otherwise unable to cover at this time.
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$459
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3
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Ma’alot
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nil
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Head of family lost
job in factory and has no other source of income and no
other means of paying for basic needs until unemployment
benefits begin in a few weeks. One time gift is to carry
them over until these government funds become available.
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$459
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4
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Hadera
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$1,336
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Divorced man paying
80% of income for child support. He is a professional
driver who incurred fines before his life was remarkably
changed. He now has to pay these fines or lose his driver’s
license and thus his means to support his children and slowly
recover from his previous wrong living. One time gift.
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$573
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2
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Ma’alot
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$883
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Retired couple both
in very bad health. They have very large medical expenses
which are not covered by their government benefits. Consequently,
they have fallen into growing debt just to survive. One
time gift.
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$344
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3
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Quiriat
Yam (Haifa)
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$792
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Retired couple supporting
12 year old granddaughter who lives with them. They have
a large overdraft at the bank and all payments to them are
confiscated by the bank each month. Consequently, they have
no income and are unable to withdraw any further funds from
the bank. Utilities are long overdue payment and will be
turned off imminently. No money is available even for food.
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$344
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4
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Yochenim
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$459
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Long term unemployed
parent of two young children desperately looking for work.
Government benefits have run out and they have no way to
meet basic survival needs. They are getting deeper into
debt as they borrow from others.
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$229
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3
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Katzrin (Golan Heights)
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$528
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Retired woman has
40 year old very new immigrant and just arrived 21 year
of daughter-in-law living with them. Daughter-in-law is
not Jewish and entered the country via Egypt by illegal
means since she desperately needed to be with her husband.
She is nine month pregnant. Since she has no government
rights she they must pay for all expenses connected with
the baby’s birth and there are medical complications that
require hospitalization rather than home birth. These expenses
will be about $2,000. On top of this, the meager income
of the retired mother is insufficient to meet her suddenly
expanded family’s basic needs for survival. Consequently,
the family has resorted to searching local garbage bins
for food.
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$1,055
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8
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Katzrin (Golan Heights)
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$688
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Head of family finally
found part time work after long search but has not yet been
paid. Annual school expenses for six children are coming
due and the family is in desperate straits trying to meet
even basic survival needs without consideration of these
school payments. Consequently, they too have been reduced
to searching the garbage bins for possible food.
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$573
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1
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Zfat
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$275
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Retired woman living
alone has $12 remaining for other expenses after paying
rent. One time love gift to encourage her that others are
concerned about her situation.
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$229
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1
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Tiberias
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$275
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Retired single man
living alone is moving to a less expensive apartment that will leave him enough money
for food, however he needs to pay three months rent ($550)
up front.
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$229
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4
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Haifa
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$344
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Head of family is
finishing last semester of college with promise of a good
paying job in the next few months. However, wife is pregnant
with complications and must be hospitalized for 3-4 months.
They are getting deeper and deeper in debt to meet basic
survival needs until current situation becomes resolved.
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$688
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2
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Tiberias
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nil
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Woman separated from
abusive alcoholic husband who is facing imprisonment. Situation
is in extreme flux and she has no means of meeting survival
needs in the short term.
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$275
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Total Monthly Gifts
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$6,260
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