UKRAINE RELIEF

Our Work on the Border and in Israel

MAKOM

·     Recruiting Ukrainian and Russian-speaking volunteers to locate and provide proper shelter for women and children.

·     Distributing food, baby formula, sweets and snacks, blankets, and diapers, as well as toys, to be distributed to refugees that fled Ukraine.

·     Providing Ukrainian and Russian-speaking psychologists for anyone who needs mental health assistance, especially children.

·     Preparing for the absorption of immigrants and refugees from Ukraine in all MAKOM communities in Israel while recruiting local volunteers.

 

NEFESH B'NEFESH

·    Using Jerusalem Campus as a collection site for hygiene products, clothes, toys, and additional supplies for the incoming Olim (immigrants) from Ukraine. 

·    Organizing shipments to deliver these products to the distribution centers.

·    Offered Nefesh B'Nefesh’s Tel Aviv Hub to groups who have created “command centers” to manage their vital operations and help sponsor some of their activities.

·    Leveraging network of Tech companies to help Ukrainians find gainful employment.

LAUDER EMPLOYMENT CENTER

·     Putting together a special employment program for Ukranian refugees.

·     Integrating the new arrivals and assisting with giving them tools, knowledge, and resources through training and finding jobs.

GREEN HORIZONS

·     Volunteers are traveling to the Ukrainian border to provide all the help, support, and activities needed to help the refugees as they cross the borders to safety.

·     Recruiting Russian-speaking counselors to welcome children arriving in Israel. 

·     Leading activities to help alleviate the families struggles and to provide and safe and happy environment for them. 

ARAVA

 ·    Spearheading the "Emergency First Home in Israel" program to provide 15 families new homes in the Eilot region. 

·     Initiating the building of permanent housing for Ukrainian refugees

·    Establishing study space and school programs for families and children.

$5,000: Provides care packages for 100 mothers and small children, including diapers, hygiene products, small toys and snacks through MAKOM

$5,000: To support one-Ukrainian family for six-months upon arrival in Israel, including basic supplies, meals, support group activities, and after school enrichment provided by MAKOM

$10,000: To sponsor a MAKOM Support Team on one of the Ukrainian borders providing humanitarian assistance

$10,000: Provides outdoor after school enrichment programs for 25 school children through Jewish National Fund-USA affiliate Green Horizons, Israel’s leading youth movement organization

$18,000: Supports a week of programming and assistance for up to 100 kids at Camp Nes Harim located within American Independence Park outside of Jerusalem

$25,000: Provides 25 refugees with two months of job counseling and placement services for Ukrainian Olim through Jewish National Fund-USA’s  Ronald S. Lauder Employment Center

$30,000: One bus to evacuate refugees from Ukraine through our affiliate Nefesh B’Nefesh

$40,000: Cost of one home for "Emergency First Home" program in the Arava

$250,000: For website development and translation into Ukrainian and Russian for the Jewish National Fund-USA Ronald S. Lauder Employment Center