ATZRAS

There are 900 single mothers and their young children among 30,000 Eritrean and Darfurian asylum seekers in Israel, survivors of hunger, war and brutal abuse as they crossed the Sinai desert. They, ger, yatom v’almanah/stranger, orphan and widow are the most vulnerable and overlooked of those who live with us. They have no legal status; face daily hostility from many Israelis who demand their forced deportation; struggle, often unsuccessfully, to find work to subsist; and have only minimal, improvised emergency medical care. As tempting as it may be to turn aside in despair, especially as the Covid-19 pandemic turns us inward, it is far better, exactly now, to garner new hope and support for these single mother families in desparate need of food, diapers and medical care. Such basic subsistence will also help keep these mothers, staring at infants’ hungry mouths, from the clutches of traffickers and pimps. Your generous contribution will be allocated to volunteer-staffed food banks and emergency, medical resources for these families. No administrative cost will be deducted from your contribution.