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Shalom and holiday greetings
to our dear friends of the Olim Fund,
Greetings from the shore
of the Sea of Galilee!
As we conclude the year
2004 we rejoice in the progress of our Fund, made possible by
your continued faithfulness and outreach. December has been another
extremely interesting and productive month. We have made the progress
necessary to at long last implement our formal operations as an
“Amutah” known officially as “the Olim fund of the Land of Israel
(2004).” All of this will begin next month, after we have done
several important growing steps which are now underway: a major
revision of our web site that will be in place as of Jan. 15 (see
www.olimpublications.com),
the finalization of our new charter and a concurrent education
of our Board of Advisors concerning the new mandated administrative
workings of an Amutah, a meeting of our representatives early
next month to educate them on our new status, revised paperwork,
etc.
As if this were not enough,
Olim Publications of North America is undergoing a major change
with a move of its operations from Mt. Vernon, WA to a new entity
in Sacramento, CA called “Olim Publications of California.” All
North American activities formerly accomplished in Mt. Vernon
will transition to Sacramento and be in place on or about Jan.
15th. As part of this change, we are also streamlining
the Olim Fund’s contribution structure so that as of next month,
all donations should flow to us through the tax free entity, “the
Word of Life foundation” in Roswell, GA.
December has been another
very good month for expansion of our income base. I am very excited
to announce that we have just received a significant royalty payment
representing my interest as the founder and Chairman of Olim Industries
of North America (Lafayette,
CA) the importers and distributors of Awakening Mineral Therapy
products. After a huge amount of work by co-founder Rob Hardwick,
Awakening has finally awoken after the years of struggling and
has turned profitable with very strong growth potential. All proceeds
I receive from this will flow into the Fund. Awakening is a wonderful
line of Dead Sea products that receives rave reviews from all
who use its several products. Please check these out at
http://www.e-awakening.com
Attached is our report
for December 2004 representing the distributions we determined
at our monthly meeting yesterday evening. While we have distributed
a relatively smaller total so far this month, we have maintained
a carryover to meet committed dental treatments that will need
to be paid for in the near future.
The Board of Advisors joins
Donna and myself in wishing each one of you and your families
a wonderful and blessed 2005. You can be sure that the Lord God
of Israel is true to His word and that you who are blessing Israel
in such a wonderful way will be blessed in turn even well beyond
your expectations.
God bless you all and thanks
from the bottom of our hearts,
Bob Fischer
OLIM FUND OF THE GALILEE
December
2004, 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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1
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Haifa
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$324
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This single very new immigrant was diagnosed
with a terminal illness soon after he arrived here in the
Land. Unfortunately, his government support is not nearly
enough to meet his medical and other requirements. On top
of this, his apartment was recently burglarized during which
he lost virtually everything he owned of value. This gift
is to help him acquire medicine needed in his ongoing treatment.
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$446
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1
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Tiberias
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nil
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This single man is between jobs and suffering
from severe dental problems. All of his meager savings are
going to support himself and his mother who lives with him.
The Fund will pay for an evaluation at a local clinic with
which we are associated and will, potentially, meet his
most immediate dental needs.
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To be determined
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4
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Maalot
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$643
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Both parents of two young children have
been diagnosed with advanced hepatitis C and are in the
process of applying for “invalid” government assistance,
none of which has yet been received. They are physically
unable to work and do not have enough money to meet even
the basic survival needs of the family, including food.
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$563
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1
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Haifa
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nil
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This single woman is in between part time
jobs and is currently without income from any source. Her
utilities have been turned off for non-payment, she is threatened
with eviction and she has practically no money
for food.
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$610
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5
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Haifa
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$681
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This large family with its head’s modest
income is unable to meet an upcoming three month rental
payment. His wife is training to be a hairdresser which
has given them a sense of light at the end of a long tunnel
of financial struggle towards independence.
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$610
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3
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Haifa
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$1291
(former)
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This head of the family reports “I had
a good work, I had a good salary, I had a good health---.”
Now he is recovering from severe colon cancer, is unemployed,
receiving no government benefits and has lost half his body
weight. This is a one time gift to help them in their desperate
situation.
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$704
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5
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Haifa
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$983
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The head of this family is the pastor of
a small Russian congregation. He has serious dental needs
that he has no money to meet. We have referred him to a
clinic in Haifa that will evaluate his needs which the Fund
will potentially deal with in the near future.
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To be determined
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2
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Haifa
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$423
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This divorced mother with a teenage son
is struggling to survive on a small alimony payment. She
has serious dental needs that will be evaluatd at a Haifa
clinic for potential near term assistance from the Fund.
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To be determined
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3
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Nahariya
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Less
than $300 from part
time
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Both of these very young people with an
18 month old child are struggling to survive with
varying income from part time work. They are threatened
with eviction, unable to pay for their bare survival needs
and she is pregnant with their second child.
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$704
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1
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Haifa
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$366
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This chronically ill divorcee has insufficient
income to pay for her prescribed physiotherapy to relieve
extreme back and muscular pain. This is a one time gift
to help her with her current treatment needs.
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$305
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7
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Nazareth Illit
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$1174
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The head of this very large family has
insufficient income to deal with his own severe dental needs.
He will be evaluated by our local dental clinic for possible
assistance from the fund in the near future.
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To be determined
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1
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Haifa
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$481
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This widow broke her arm and is temporarily
unable to work. This gift will cover her rent and utilities
for one month after which she will again be able to meet
her own needs.
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$352
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2
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Haifa
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$528
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This physically incapacitated mother of
an IDF soldier is unable to work. Her government income
is used mostly to repay long term debt, and her own son
has a propensity to rob her of any cash he can lay his hands
on. This gift will be managed by a local representative
to buy her food over a three month period.
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$469
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3
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Haifa
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$610
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This family from Ethiopia is struggling
to survive on their two part time incomes. They receive
no government benefits nor has she been granted citizenship
due to her Christian faith. This is a one time gift to help
them meet current survival needs.
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$751
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4
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Haifa
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$704
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This single mother of three from Ethiopia
is working at three part time jobs to meet the survival
needs of her family. Even so, she is unable to meet current
school and other immediate needs of her children. She is
receiving financial counseling from a volunteer associated
with the Fund.
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$822
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4
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Acco
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$751
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This unemployed young widow with three
children has recently had her utilities disconnected due
to non-payment. This one time gift is intended to meet her
immediate survival needs and to restore her to a point where
she can manage on her current income.
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$469
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Total monthly distributions
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$6,808
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Copyright 2003 by Raymond Robert
Fischer
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