The volunteer unit of the Bnei Brak Municipal Department for
Social Services has recently launched the Isha
Lerei'usoh (Woman to Woman) project to provide young
women with support in the areas of home management and child
raising. Experienced volunteers willing to guide and serve
as role models for young mothers will visit families in need
of this service for one or two hours a week. All volunteers
will receive professional guidance and support.
Under the slogan, "A bit of light dispels considerable
darkness," the Department for Social Services along with
community donors and volunteers created this program to
bring light, hope and encouragement to families chosen by
the Social Services Department.
Department volunteers recently distributed vouchers to needy
families enabling them to purchase games and toys for
children. The vouchers were donated by Book Store of Bnei
Brak. The unit also distributed a variety of attractive gift
sets for girls, donated by the Perfect Harmony company,
distributor of Velvet skin oil and by the P. Rosenblum
cosmetics company.
Festive parties were held in community centers in the Pardes
Katz, Neveh Achiezer, Shikun Hei and Shikun Vov
neighborhoods, and celebrations were held in the Eishes
Chayil center and the center for one-parent families.
In the Yonoson neighborhood, one of the rehabilitation
project's oldest neighborhoods, a Yakir Heshechunos
ceremony was held for activists and public figures who have
contributed to the development of the neighborhood.
Attending the event were Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Mordechai
Karelitz; Deputy Mayor Rabbi Amram Ivgi; Avi Glili Halevi,
chairman of the Histadrut in Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak; Moshe
Ka'atebi, director of the Pardes Katz and Shikun Hei
neighborhood rehabilitation project and other local and
municipal officials.
