$ 150,000 to the Koby Mandell Foundation, one of Israel’s largest providers of emotional support services for Israelis who have lost an immediate family member to terror. Programs have been initiated for the newly bereaved families throughout the country since the October 7th massacre, including family healing retreats.
$ 225,000 to Sami Shamoon College of Engineering (SCE) and Sapir College, providing students who have been evacuated and relocated with laptops and iPads so they can attend school remotely. This is a proactive step towards fostering their success in academic pursuits, even in times of war.
$ 250,000 to JRoots and Healthy Mind for urgent mental health support for returning evacuees. Healthy Mind provides a comprehensive psychiatry service that includes online and face-to-face visits with a mental health team, psychologists and psychiatrists. Many evacuees are now returning home, and require mental health support upon their return.
$ 200,000 to support Sunflowers, an organization in Israel that provides psychological support for orphans. Funds allocated to Sunflowers will allow them to operate in new activity centres in the south to provide direct services and mitigate risks for orphans, with a particular interest in the Bedouin community, which has also been a victim of the recent attacks.
$ 100,000 to Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the kibbutzim affected by the October 7th attacks. Many of its members were either murdered or held hostage. Funds to Kibbutz Be’eri will provide support for rebuilding the community.
$ 100,000 to Ben Gurion University for emergency medical training. The funds allocated will provide a complete training station for students to work in simulation rooms. Students will hone their skills and develop sufficient competency using the centre's highly specialized, state-of-the-art software and multimedia hardware (cameras, microphones, screens, etc.).
$ 200,000 allocated to Maslan, the Negev’s Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Support Center. Maslan offers services free of charge to survivors of the October 7th massacre and evacuees of the south. Using a personalized holistic approach for survivors and their families that includes, at no cost, A case manager, Individual psychological therapy, legal support, and victims' rights enforcement.
$ 500,000 to provide students from Beer Sheva and Bnei Shimon with financial support during their studies. Many students have just returned to civilian life and cannot financially support themselves during school. This fund will allow them to remain in school and continue their studies.
Federation CJA is employing funding strategies that focus on the following areas:
Providing affected Israelis with critical resources and support.
$ 3.9 million to support individuals and vulnerable families affected by the terror attacks and experiencing trauma. Funding for victims of terror will contribute to supporting a total of 4,000 families.
$ 2.4 million for protective equipment, emergency kits and medical supplies for first responders.
$ 2.1 million for critical services for evacuees from Israeli communities near Gaza, such as Kibbutz Sufa and Kibbutz Nir Oz.
$ 384,000 for 10 mobile bomb shelters and one new bomb shelter for residents under fire throughout Israel’s southern region.
$ 445,000 to provide direct financial aid and support to families of hostages and partners of fallen soldiers. Families of hostages receive psychological and post-trauma treatment. Funds will also allow for global awareness of the hostage situation through international advocacy, media, public relations, and diplomatic affairs.
$ 250,000 for equipment aiding victims' recovery, identification, and burial. Providing protective gear, body bags, and rescue and recovery equipment for the process of ensuring those murdered in terror attacks can receive a proper burial.
We are ensuring access to mental health services and trauma relief in both the short and long term.
$ 3.2 million for trauma and emotional first aid to provide emergency support to devastated residents, support youth at risk in this time of need, offer trauma and psychological training, respite for frontline workers, and provide free psychiatric services to more than 3,000 people.
Supporting interventions to bolster community recovery.
$ 820,500 for new innovative projects applied across Israel. This includes AI software for the coordination of health care services for all those affected by the war. The School of Public Health at Ben Gurion University has also initiated a project to enhance Israeli coexistence through simulation-based learning. This new project will implement a pioneering approach to addressing the challenges faced by rising tensions between Israelis and Arabs in hospitals and schools caused by the war. The Negev Urban Research, a collaboration between the MIT City Science Group, Ben Gurion University and SCE Negev School of Architecture, will be leveraging advanced technologies like geographical information technologies, digital mapping, and data visualization to offer insightful solutions to complex urban challenges such as the effects of reception of displaced individuals into existing communities in the South of Israel.
$ 770,000 funded to building community resilience in Be’er Sheva by providing workshops, dialogue groups, psycho-social support, and support for youth movement counsellors who have played a vital role in assisting evacuated children, training, and deploying volunteers who provide essential resources to communities such as bringing medicine to an older population, delivering meals to frontline workers, and running activities for children who cannot attend school.
$ 743,790 aimed at providing displaced families with much needed respite while strengthening community and family resilience during wartime. This funding also supports the launch of two new mobile kitchens in temporary locations, enabling family members to cook privately for their loved ones. These projects aim to ensure that a central aspect of Jewish culture, such as food and communal dining, can have a significant social and psychological impact and encourage a sense of belonging. Family retreats will also be funded to provide families with the space and experiences they need to process the effects of the war and evacuation, as well as Passover camps to give both parents and children respite.
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