Helping Hand Coalition Report

Moshe & Messika (she is not a Holocaust survivor),
Age: 71 & 73,   City: Yoqna’am

Moshe is from Bru Gaz. and was in Getto Ziado. He was deported to Libya and then made his way to Israel in 1949. Moshe’s wife Messika is not a Holocaust survivor; she is from Iraq.

Moshe and Messika own their apartment. They have 5 children who have children and problems of their own. Monthly, they receive 2,700 shekels for a pension and 1,030 shekels from funds from Germany. They are in debt to the bank so 800 shekels automatically goes to the bank each month. They say their income is not enough to cover their expenses. In addition, Messika fell 2 months ago and broke her back. She is in severe pain and requires very expensive medication.

Urgent Need: They do not have enough money to live on per month, and they need special expensive medicine.