Lev Hash Association concluded the year 2021 with assistance to a record number of needy people In Haifa
From the data of the annual summary report of the Lev Hash Association, it appears that the association helped with food to about 45,000 people, inA record number Compared to recent years, when in 2021 there was an increase of over 200% in food aid for the needy and the elderly, following the Corona crisis.
Additional data from the report: The association has 684 volunteers, who volunteered a total of 16,265 hours in 2021. The volunteering included, among other things, hours of accompanying, mentoring and assisting children with chronic illnesses and their siblings and assisting and accompanying lonely elderly people and Holocaust survivors.
In addition, this year approximately 2840 dental treatments were performed for the needy at the association's dental clinics, and approximately 2400 breakfasts were distributed to families in hospitals, at the social cafe at Rambam Hospital.
Dekla Cohen Michaeli, CEO of Lev Hash Association:
Since the outbreak of the Corona crisis, the association has been helping thousands of other families and children, who have fallen into an acute economic crisis due to the Corona, and have lost their source of income. These families secretly turn to the association, and have been helping it for over a year and a half. In addition, to the elderly and families in need even before the crisis, they brought the association to a new record of assistance both in food rations and in volunteer hours.
Lev Hash Association
The association "Lev Hash" is a humanitarian organization that has been operating for over 20 years without the intention of profit and helps all strata of the population. The activity began in 1997 in memory of שRa Rauchberger A.H. andחAnd Seibald AH - and therefore the name Lev H.S.
The association's activities focus on three main areas: providing assistance to needy families, providing support and assistance to sick children and their families, and assistance to the elderly. The organization operates, among other things, a network of dental clinics for the needy and those entitled to a rehabilitation basket, projects at the Rambam Hospital, for sick children and their families.
The association also operates a furniture, housewares and electrical products center, for the benefit of the needy, in the association's building at 7 Yalga St. in Hadar. Every year, thousands of needy people come to the center, and are equipped with respect from A to Z, with the help of donations of items from private individuals and organizations throughout Haifa.
These days, the association is building a hotel for children with cancer near Rambam Hospital, which will help the children's families get through the challenging period in their lives.
For donations or volunteering at Lev Hash Association,
Call 04-8672999
or through the association's website at the link: