1200 Kids Are Now Safe In Bet Shemesh - But Only While The Funds Last!
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 We are expecting costs for keeping these kids out of harm to be OVER $100,000 (That's what the 2nd Lebanon War Relief Program cost)
Today, we have only 20,000 NIS ($5000) in the bank for this! Unless YOU help, we will have to tell these kids to go back to the bomb shelters, danger, and the terror of Hamas Missiles!
Every Day of this War, Hamas a firing Tens of Missiles into the South of Israel. Missiles struck populations in Ashkelon, Ashdod, Sderot, Netivot, Kireat Gat, Yavne....Over 800,000 Israelis are now living under missile-fire.

And every day, over One Thousand kids have been bused up to Bet Shemesh from towns and communities throughout the south. These communities include: Ashdod, Kireat Gat, Shomreiya, Ruchama and Ein Tzurim. These kids are being accommodated in Community Centers and Schools throughout Bet Shemesh. Local families are also hosting families form the South.

The Bet Shemesh Municipality, non-profit organizations including Lema'an Achai, Table to Table, Amutat Kehilla, Shaalei Torah, Ezrat Achim, Bat Ami - are bringing immediate help to those now under missile-fire who are living in bomb shelters, and providing safe refuge in Bet Shemesh.

In Bet Shemesh the same cross-community team are helping, who joined together during the 2nd Lebanon War in 2006 to arrange a safe haven for over 1000 Refugees from the North of Israel for 30 Days, in Bet Shemesh schools, community centers, sports halls and in private homes. That program dubbed "City of Refuge" received a citation in the Ben Gurion University Report on the 2nd Lebanon War, and the Bet Shemesh Prize of 2006/7.
Class of kids from Shomreia (ex Atzmon, Gush Katif), now in the Community Center of Ramat Bet Shemesh.
Help now!
Immediate assistance includes...
  • Accommodating people from the South, here in Bet Shemesh. Currently over 1000 kids and many families; we are expecting more families will also come and are preparing for this!
  • Deliveries to families in bomb shelters: toys, games, books, heaters
  • Getting ready for our population in Bet Shemesh also being hit (missile range so far: 40km; Bet Shemesh is 45km from Gaza).
  • Educational & emotional relief programs for the kids - schools throughout the South of Israel are now closed down by law, so we are supplying school-hosting, using Bet Shemesh public buildings.
  • Crafts & Trades Fair: in planning is a nationally publicized event to help small businesses closed down due to the war.
 
Yes! Contribute Now!

  • Online:
  • By Phone 24/6 Donations Hotline (Hebrew): 02 99.999.33
    International: 011-972-2-999-9933

    Or, Mail Checks to:
  • USA Tax Deductible: "US Friends of Lema'an Achai", PO Box 532, Oceanside, NY 11572-0532, USA.
  • UK Tax Deductible: "British Friends of Lema'an Achai", c/o Nava Kestenbaum, 96 Rigby Street, Salford, Manchester, M7 4BQ, ENGLAND.
  • Canadian Tax Deductible: "Shaarei Tefilla Charity Fund", C/O Murray Shore, 31 Marvill Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 3L2, CANADA.
  • Israel Tax Deductible: "Lema'an Achai", The Lema'an Achai Center, 40/7 Nahal Lachish, Ramat Bet Shemesh, 99093, Israel.


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