To lend a hand at home, listen, support and help - with babysitting, cooking and repairs:
2,200 private volunteers and thousands of suppliers have already responded to approximately 3,000 requests for assistance from the reservists' families.
Half of the requests are from the center of the country, about a quarter of the requests for cooked food, more than 20% for repairs, 16% for general help with housework, more than 10% asked for help with the pets, and another 10% asked for help with the children at home.
The reservists of the Jerusalem Brigade are fighting in Gaza // Avi Cohen
The volunteer service centers were joined by the Cellcom company, which operates a center for its employees that operates regularly, and another center for volunteers operates from the civil service center of "Achim LeNishek" in Gilil. Among the partners in the project: Mederg, which offers various repair services free of charge with extraordinary dedication, and the association "Baim La Tov" " from the community centers network.
Ruti Shish-Nir, Roy's partner who has been serving at IOSH since October 7th, says: "There was no clause that really suited my request, because all I wanted was if there was a food donation voucher from some Jewish community in the world - then indulge in it.
But then Irit Bar (volunteer from Modi'in) called me and already with the first question I felt she saw me because she immediately asked: 'Tell me how you are?'"
The daughter of the reserve herder with the hot food, photo: courtesy of the family
"Irit really didn't allow me to refuse help and stay with the request for vouchers. A few days later, Anat called who volunteered to cook and when I said thank you and that I didn't need help, she said that they had prepared it in advance that I was stubborn and wouldn't accept my statements that everything was fine with me."
"In the end, I was convinced when she said that this is how she cooks for the children and grandchildren, and I also realized that I really needed a little help. I received boxes full of such delicious delicacies, on each box it was written what was inside, the breadth of heart really moved my children and me and we also learned a lesson for life, of knowing how to sometimes receive (and not just give)".
Eyal Neveh, a graduate of the Military Patrol, one of the leaders of the LeNishek brothers, photo: 27 A. Copyright
Eyal Neve, one of the "Brothers to Arms" leaders, says: "Our national mission on the road to healing is first and foremost the reservists who left everything and went to defend the house. The project was established already in the first week of the fighting by working thoroughly and quietly, understanding the order of the hour, so far we have helped thousands families and as the fighting drags on - the rate of referrals increases."
"Unfortunately, the families of the reservists are transparent and lack rights. The goal of the project is to pay off the debt that civil society has towards those families who in practice also mobilized under Order 8. We believe that the help at home on the home front strengthens the fighters on the front."
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