Month: December 2013

How is it to live in Rocket City?

Happy Birthday… Hope For Sderot

Happy Birthday Hope... For Sderot Six years ago this month Hope For Sderot signed its first the contract to rent its storefront. We were making plans for our first public appearance, our first Hanukah party and at the same time the IDF was also making plans to enter the Gaza strip.
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Meet Yaeli

Yaeli is a beautiful one month baby girl. She came into this world weighing in at 3.7 Kg and 32 cm long. She was born like every other baby except for one thing: her mother did not want her so she abandoned her. Her father has been in and out.
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Be Full and Warm

Tikva is a 42 year old woman she had a stroke 8 months ago and is now confined to a wheelchair. Life has changed dramatically for her in every way possible. At one time she worked and had an income; today she depends on disability insurance to survive, which is.
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Looking Back At Hanukah

Doron called us this morning before Shabbat He told us that he has nothing for dinner tonight for Shabbat. We told him that we was in Jerusalem and was not sure when we would be back but that we would call him as soon as we got back. I asked.
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Candy, Candy and More Candy

We received a phone call from one of the other organizations we work with here in Sderot. They told us that there were some Solders in town who were using a old apartment complex for training. He said in as much as it is the fifth day of Hanukah and.
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Where Did This Year Go?

It is hard to believe that 2013 is just about gone. Over this past year we have seen Enoch having a noon meal every other Thursday, I can’t tell you how many diapers you have bought this past year. We have kept lights on, paid rent, bought school books and.
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