| Shalom dear
donors and treasured friends of the Olim Fund of the Galilee,
I once again had the great blessing of
participating in the March meeting of the Olim Fund Board
last evening whereat we were, for the first time, able to
meet, at least to some extent, all of the qualifying requests
for urgently needed survival level financial assistance that had
come to us this month. A summary of these distributions
and earlier reports are also posted on our web site at www.olimpublications.com
I can't tell you what a thrill it is for
us to be serving as a conduit of your blessings to my people who
have boldly made Aliyah to the Land and who are having a time
of special need as they adjust to their new home.
These are very difficult times in Israel
as we stand ready for a potentially devastating war to begin
at any moment. What a great blessing it is for the ones you have
so generously blessed with these gifts to know that people like
you care about them and love them enough to help in this life
sustaining way.
I again want to thank each of you personally,
with all of my heart for your very great and continued generosity
in helping us meet these needs. Truly I could feel your love for
Israel and my people as I personally put shekel notes into envelopes
and marked the names of those fortunate individuals and families
who you have helped so much in these troubled times here in the
Land.
A simple thank you on behalf of these
dear ones and our Board is obviously very inadequate to share
our profound gratitude for your help. May you rightfully be filled
with great joy as you contemplate the many blessings you have
made possible through your generosity.
We have now distributed all of our available
funds and are trusting the Lord for His continued provision through
your continued support of this outreach to which we have been
called by Him.
It is wonderful to be assured that the
Lord God of Israel knows your heart and that He, according to
His Word, will bless you greatly.
With love in Him,
Bob Fischer
OLIM FUND OF THE GALILEE
March
2003, DISTRIBUTION
|
Family Size
|
Location
|
Monthly Income
|
Overview of Situation Funded
|
Gift
|
|
3
|
Haifa
|
$682
|
Unemployed divorced mother of two teenagers
desperately looking for work unable to pay monthly rent..
|
$314
|
|
3
|
Haifa
|
$837
|
Pastor of Russian Congregation unable to
afford replacement for unrepairable washing machine.
|
$314
|
|
2
|
Nahariya
|
$293
|
Single mother not paid support by government
for two months due to administrative error
|
$209
|
|
5
|
Haifa
|
$460
|
Unemployed family head not paid $460 support
by government for two months due to administrative delay.
Unable to provide basic needs for survival, food, rent,
etc.
|
$523
|
|
2
|
Haifa
|
$698
|
Elderly retired couple forced to relocate
to smaller, less expensive apartment. Need help with moving
expenses and minimum furnishings.
|
$523
|
|
4
|
Haifa
|
$640
|
Pastor’s wife with serious dental problems
needs long postponed otherwise unaffordable full mouth attention
to relieve constant pain.
|
$418
|
|
1
|
Nazareth Illit
|
$314
|
Single man working part time with insufficient
funds to pay rent and other survival level needs.
|
$209
|
|
3
|
Haifa
|
$409
|
Single mother with two children had cataract
surgery but unable to afford post operative corrective glasses
|
$209
|
|
3
|
Haifa
|
$544
|
Family head is full time university student.
Unable to pay rent for past two months.
|
$314
|
|
3
|
Haifa
|
$628
|
New olim family with one child living at
home cannot afford to buy washing machine.
|
$314
|
|
3
|
Haifa
|
$740
|
Divorced mother of two has not received
monthly support ($740)
from government for two months. Unable to make mortgage
payment.
|
$314
|
|
3
|
Hadera
|
$732
|
Unemployed head of family with chronically
sick young child. Needs special medical care not available
from government funded program.
|
$418
|
|
1
|
Hadera
|
$700
|
Single woman in serious debt resulting
in marginal capability to meet normal living expenses. One
time love gift.
|
$314
|
|
2
|
Hadera
|
$641
|
Adult single daughter living with seriously
and chronically ill mother with a host of various medical
problems. Needs help with growing medical expenses not provided
by the government.
|
$418
|
|
3
|
Haifa
|
$481
|
Professional gardener with one new infant
and unemployed wife unable to afford some basic tools of
his trade in order to conduct his business.
|
$418
|
|
6
|
Haifa
|
$732
|
Head of large family working part time
but total income insufficient to meet basic family survival
needs. Children need support for school payments and clothing.
Family has difficulty buying even minimum required food.
|
$209
|
|
1
|
Haifa
|
$272
|
Unemployment benefit ($272) to single man
delayed due to administrative error. Unable to pay rent
or buy food.
|
$314
|
|
4
|
Haifa
|
$628
|
Family with two children in college. Monthly
expenses greatly exceed monthly income, thus difficulty
in providing even basic family survival needs.
|
$418
|
|
5
|
Nazareth Illit
|
$439
|
Both parents of three children in school
unable to meet education expenses while providing basic
survival needs.
|
$418
|
|
5
|
Haifa
|
$121
|
Family of five has run out of Aliyah benefits
and remains unemployed. Meager child support allowance does
not begin to meet basic survival needs. Both parents have
no employable skills and are desperately looking for any
kind of work.
|
$314
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$6,902
|
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