User:Brlo/יד עזר לחבר

Yad ezer l'haver is a non-profit organization, founded in 2001 when the background to its establishment was the difficult social and economic situation in Israel.

Since its inception, the organization has been operating through public donations and with the help of volunteers throughout Israel.

Over the years, the organization began to focus its activities for the benefit of Holocaust survivors who suffered from loneliness, hunger and hardship.

The mission of the organization
To reduce poverty in Israeli society, and to help people get out from the cycle of poverty and allow Holocaust survivors to live their lives with the dignity they deserve.

Activities
Today, the organization operates free housing "homes" in Haifa where over 120 Holocaust survivors live, who previously lived below the poverty line.

also distributes nutritious meals to school students. provides Holocaust survivors with food, social services and a social life.

Additional activities


 * 1) Operating a number of soup kitchens where hundreds of  people in need  receive a hot lunch every day. and the organization also distributes nutritious meals to school students
 * 2) . Distribution of food packages to people in need twice a year on Passover and Rosh Hashanah holidays.
 * 3) free Housing for the homeless.
 * 4) Conducting tribute ceremonies for Holocaust survivors every year such as: Beauty queen ceremony ,Bar Mitzvah ceremonies for survivors who did not celebrate in their youth.
 * 5) Running a social club for Holocaust survivors that includes three hot meals a day,, medical staff and 24/7 support.
 * 6) Operation of a museum in memory of the Holocaust.

Volunteering
the organization's greatest strength is its volunteers. they help with assistance to the population of Holocaust survivors who have difficulty in their day-to-day functioning, with the organization's logistical system, food distribution,etc

The Maccabi Haifa football club has adopted the organization. and its players from the boys to the senior team players, regularly come to volunteer, visit and participate in ceremonies and events.

the organization has volunteers of all ages and from all strata of the population, including police officers, soldiers, prison service, students, and more.

Holocaust museum
In 2018, the Yad ezer l'haver organization founded the Holocaust Museum in haifa.

The museum records in all digital media the testimonies of the survivors who live in organizations housing. The museum has memorial and art collections donated to the organization by the families of Holocaust survivors.

At the entrance of the museum, Joseph Trumpeldor's binoculars are also on display, the value of which was determined by professionals at approximately $25,000 and is considered a historical "property".

The museum was established to instill the past of the people of Israel to youth from all over the country as well to tourists who come to visit the museum.

The uniqueness of this museum is the opportunity for everyone who visits the museum to learn during the tour about Holocaust survivors who survived the inferno, and at the end of the visit to meet those survivors, face to face.

Holocaust Day ceremonies
Every year, the organization holds a ceremony on both Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day and International Holocaust Day with the participation of thousands of participants, including Holocaust survivors, students, soccer teams, ministers, members of the Knesset, ambassadors, and more.

Achievements

 * 1) President's Award.
 * 2) Galilee Peace War Award.
 * 3) Magen Minister of Welfare, 2007 and 2011.
 * 4) Beloved of the city of Haifa, 2018