Helping Hand Coalition Report

Aliza Sikali ,  Age: 80, City: Givatayim

Aliza was born in Hungary. She had to suffer through at least 5 different Nazi labor camps including Auschwitz.

Aliza came to Israel in 1957 and now lives in a rented apartment. Her husband passed away 8 years ago. She has a son (47 years old) who recently got divorced and is now living with in the apartment. However around the same time of the divorce he was fired from his job and now being unemployed he is not able to help pay for housing costs. Aliza also has a widowed daughter (55 years old) who has many debts. Her monthly income is very low: 1,500 shekels from Bituach Leumi & 800 shekels for pension. Every 3 months she receives 800 Euro from funds from Germany. With this income, she is unable to pay all of her expenses at the end of the month. At her current situation, her phone is about to be disconnected and has debts for electricity for 3 months now.   

Urgent Needs: Aliza urgently needs money in order to pay for her over due bills. She also needs money to pay for the costs of medicine.