Olim Fund of the Galilee
November 2005 Report

November, 2005

Shalom to you treasured friends and supporters,

Attached is our monthly report briefly describing how, last evening, we prayerfully allocated your generous offerings to the most urgent of the situations that have come to our attention.

I am certain you will be touched by these difficult hurdles of life that our recipients this month are struggling to endure as they take up their places in the land of their inheritance. I am especially grateful that we were able to address the needs of the widow here in Tiberias who out of neglect of her teeth has lost them all, along with her gums and, worse still has suffered serious damage to her heart, thus making her an invalid. Thanks to your loving outreach, she will soon be able to once again eat normally.

I can find no words sufficient to tell you how very much you are loved and appreciated.

With many blessings and deep thanks,

Bob Fischer

Olim Fund of the Land of Israel

 

Monthly distributions for November 2005

 

                                                                              

Family Size

Location

Monthly Income

Overview of Situation Funded

Gift

      3

Haifa

$659

This young couple with an infant has fallen behind in their rent and utility payments and is under threat of eviction.

$418

2

Karmiel

$303

This mother and adult daughter are very new olim who have been in the Land only six months. They are unable to find work and are struggling to learn the language and survive. They need help to pay for their rent, utilities and food while they continue to get established.

 

$677

2

Karmiel

 

nil

Both of these dear ones have undergone serious surgery in the past month and are unable to work while they are recuperating at home. They have no means of sustaining themselves until they can resume their marginally supportive employment

 

$659

2

Karmiel

$396

This young couple is surviving on the part time income of the wife. They have an immediate need to pay advance rent for three months and to buy some warm clothes for the winter.

 

$659

5

Karmiel

$923

This widow with four of her eight children living at home recently moved into a less expensive apartment. In the process, she still owes a month’s rent and utility payments for her previous residence.

 

$813

1

Tiberias

$440

This sixty year old widow living alone endured serious untreated dental problems because of her inability to pay for treatment. As a result, she developed serious gum disease that led to the loss of all of her teeth, gums and associated bone damage. Worse still, the infection spread to and seriously damaged destroyed her heart and she is now an invalid. She is able to eat only baby food, mush, etc. This unusually large gift is to pay for dental implants and attached full dentures so that she can once again eat normally.

 

$1318

3

Bet Shemesh

$123

This young couple with two infants are in a dire situation since the husband has endured two very serious lung surgeries and is in a long term recovery situation and unable to work. The mother must stay at home to care for the children

 

$615

1

Haifa

$242

This single young man is desperately looking for full time employment but has only been able to find a series of short duration part time jobs. This gift is for food and other basic survival needs.

 

$286

6

Haifa

$846

This divorced mother with five children living at home is being sustained by a government allowance and her income from marginal part time employment. She has fallen behind seriously in her rent and utility payments

 

$330

3

Tiberias

$1015

This young couple with an infant just moved into an apartment with no furnishings. They need help to establish themselves with the basic household requirements.

 

$440

2

Haifa

$769

The husband of this young couple has just finished his military service and is searching for a job. His wife is now eight months pregnant with their first child and must now leave her job which is their only source of income. They have already been threatened with legal proceedings due to the non-payment of their arnona (city tax).

 

$549

 

 

 

Total monthly gifts

 

$6,764

 

 

 

 

Copyright 2002 by Raymond Robert Fischer