Galila runs a myriad of programs throughout northern Israel. They try to find the needs of the population that neither the government nor other organizations are filling. In the section on “The Elderly” you will read (click here) what they do for Holocaust survivors. They also do great work with “youth at risk.” While, in Israel, we visited a moadonit (afternoon club) in the northern town of Maalot and met the two loving and caring housemothers. The kids come to the moadonit right from school and stay until 7:30pm. They get two meals, help with their homework, a shower, their clothes washed and dried, and a good amount of love and warmth.
HOT paid for 6 computers last year, and on our recent trip agreed to pay (subject to the municipality agreeing that the building would be used as a moadonit for at least the next five years and the municipality agreeing to match some of our support expenditures) for 3 additional computers, a computer instructor for the kids during the school year, refurbishing the barebones clubroom kitchen, and providing scholarships for the kids to attend afterschool workshops at the local community center.
Donor designations that can complete the work we started:
$1,350 for an air conditioning unit
$1,720 for two TV’s ($860 each)
$320 for two rugs ($160 each)
$3,200 for eight beanbags ($400 each)