We have relationships with hospital social workers that work in the main hospitals in Jerusalem. Our agents, the social workers, identify those in need and Hands On Tzedakah is given the opportunity to make it easier for those who have fallen on the most difficult of times. Several years ago we purchased a laptop for a young girl from the Ukraine who, due to her illness, was placed in the isolation unit of the hospital. When she left the hospital the laptop was returned to the social worker who continues to loan it to other lonely people in the isolation unit. We have paid for Internet connectivity and for private transportation for patients who live many miles and bus transfers from the hospital they must continually visit for chemotherapy and dialysis.
We never know when we will receive the next call or what we will be asked to help with, BUT as with all of HOT’s grants the call only comes to us if all else has failed. We would like our donors to designate $10,000 that we will segregate from HOT’s other funds and use it for needs that arise.