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2020-03-29T17:09:41.948Z


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The Corona crisis led to the establishment of a civilian aid center in Zrifin • "There is no unworthy task", says the commander of the center

The simple closure and coping with the Corona virus has led to the creation of a surprising array in the Home Front Command, where soldiers and civilians cooperate side by side at the required distances to help the elderly and needy. The Civil Aid Center, set up about a week and a half ago, has taken on the goal of helping the various organizations with anything they want, and there is no delusional request according to the compound commander. The center was established as a center for civil aid management, assistance to local authorities and the general public in all areas, including food, medical assistance and even mental support.

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"We realized that there was a gap due to the crisis. If there is an organization with working hands and an organization that has the ability to collect food, we put them together. Take for example the giving organization, which is used to transporting things to the population, then it brought the food and we provided hands for work and trucks to deliver the food," Lt. Col. Amir Ben David, commander of the Civil Aid Center. "We opened a 4,000 meter complex in Zarifin and turned it into a packaging complex - civilians and soldiers who tackle challenges together. We are currently targeting an adult population that needs the most attention.

Ben-David notes that he estimates that the State of Israel will need to help more than usual for those in need this year ahead of Passover, because the various organizations do not receive supplies as they are accustomed to receiving each year. "We operate between 50 and 100 people in capsules - an incoming and outgoing shift - so as not to create meetings that might infect people. We operate something like 100,000 people out of this tent. It's crazy."

"There is no unworthy task, as most of our work is with the population of the third age, with the understanding that if we keep them we will also keep us." Among other things, over the weekend, representatives of the 500 largest companies in the economy came to donate. In the tent, dozens of babysitters for the doctors' children in the hospitals and the soldiers packed tens of thousands of food packages. In one case, they were contacted by the center for a population of special needs people who needed computers and within two hours received from a donor company.

"My mission is to set the priorities and focus the response. I put myself in the tent saying I didn't judge any request. There are requests that seem strange to me, but every day I'm used to getting orders and performing tasks. That's what I did here," Ben David concludes.

"In cooperation with the IDF Friendship Fund together with the largest foundations in Israel, together with leading companies in the business sector, they joined together on a national mission - to provide basic food and hygiene products to tens of thousands of needy elderly, in order to stay at home and thus avoid the risk of contracting the virus." , Says Eran Winterov, CEO of Giving.

"In light of the restrictions on movement and congregation, the IDF, who was committed to assisting the mission, turned to the IDF. Through the National Center for Civilian Assistance under the Home Front, led by Home Front Command Tamir Yedio and Chief of Staff ECHA, Michelle Yanko, recruits base at the Tzrifin Equipment and Combat Center, "Wintrob adds." Dozens of soldiers pack thousands of dedicated aid packages each day to be distributed by volunteers to senior citizens in need. , Once a month, for three months as part of the national mission to flatten the curve and reduce the rate of infection in Corona, especially among the most needy and vulnerable elderly population. It is a social-civilian order 8, and we urge anyone who can - volunteer and assist in this national challenge which is a life-saving mission. "

Source: israelhayom

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