Kids in distress

December 25, 2008 - 1:30 PM by David

Residents of Tkuma, near Sderot, stand at the scene of a rocket attack on Tuesday. (Photo: Reuters)

Residents of Tkuma, near Sderot, stand at the scene of a rocket attack on Tuesday. (Photo: Reuters)

With Hannuka in full swing, there are some kids here who aren’t having any fun – the thousands of children who live in Sderot.

With the inappropriately named ‘cease-fire’ dissolved, and dozens of Kassam and Grad missiles fired toward the southern city and other Gaza area communities (not to mention Ashkelon) in the last couple days, the situation for families and their kids on Hannuka vacation is pretty intolerable.

Most of them are stuck at home day and night, a scenario which has become commonplace over the last seven years of regular attacks from Gaza. That’s why the work being done by the REUT-Sderot Association is so important.

They organize trips for Sderot children to enable them to get out of their stressful situation for a couple days and enjoy ‘normal’ life in other parts of the country. This non-political, non-partisan organization estimates that it costs about NIS 6,000 ($1700) to pay for a group of 100 children and accompanying staff.

Helping them out isn’t negating the terrible conditions that the children of Gaza are living under, but it is focusing on the fact that the children of Sderot haven’t been living in a bed of roses either. And it doesn’t look like the situation is going to be improving any time soon.

If you’re outside of Israel and want to contribute, you can do so at The Mitzvah Heroes Fund.

In israel, you can do a bank transfer directly to their account, or send them a check.

Reut Sderot Association, P.O.Box 339, Sderot
Banking details for “Reut Association”: Bank Leumi L’Israel
Branch Number 941, Kikar Hanasi, Sderot
Account No. 10390098

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2 Comments on Kids in distress

  1. Chaya on Thu, Dec 25th 2008 3:11 PM

    2. I posted this on my Profile page on Facebook. Hopefully, lots of people will see it and – hopefully – help.

  2. arnie draiman on Thu, Dec 25th 2008 3:15 PM

    3. excellent. let’s do it folks – i have already committed to paying for one trip. let ’s do a few more. those kids need it – nothing could be a better hanukah present than to get them out of the house and into something fun.

    arnie draiman
    http://www.draimanconsulting.com

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