b'Survivor Assistance Program- Israel Northern GalileeGalila(alsoonpage14and25)isagrassrootsorganizationformedforthepurposeof improving the daily lives of impoverished residents of the Galilee region of Israel, primarily in the towns that border Lebanon. Included in the people they help are 500+ Holocaust and GhettoSurvivors.Theygivethe115 poorestSurvivors360shekelssemi-annually (approximately $99) of vouchers redeemable for food and clothing.These 115 survivors, most of whom came fromtheFSU,liveonmeagerpensions and meager supplementary subsidies from governmentagencies.Galilaattemptsto maketheirfinalyearsmorebearableby sendinginpeopletohelpintheir apartments, distributing as much clothing, shoes, heaters, fans, glasses, hearing aids, and other day-to-day NECESSITIES as its budget permits. Additionally, Galila administers an Emergency Financial Aid Fund (see Page 14) that it uses to help the entire 500+ survivors from all over Europe (including the 115 who receive the subsidy.) HOThasfunded(i)emergencyfinancialaid,(ii)semiannualdistributionofvouchers redeemable for food and clothing, (iii) the purchase of clothes, shoes, and other necessities for these survivors, and (iv) has also funded repairs to apartments (many in four-story walk-ups) where some of these survivors live in conditions that are deplorable for people who suffered for the crime of being Jewish. Many of these people arrived from the FSU in the 90s, and are elderly, still have language barriers, and still dont have the proper skillsets to enable them to be a part of the Israeli workforce.We have been using un-designated funds to help these peoplewhohavesufferedsobadlybutwenowNEED ourdonorstodesignategiftstohelpthesepeoplewho are a living testimony to the horrors of the Nazis:(1)$11,468 to fund the next semi-annual distribution of vouchers redeemable for food and clothing(2)$13,850tobeusedtopurchaseappliancesfor needy survivors(3)$14,543 to cover additional repairs of 15 decrepit apartments that exceed the $2,204 maximum per apartmentexpenditurepermittedbyagrant from another donor 39'