Category Archives: Ten Kavod

EMTs Help A 90-Year-Old Woman Leave Her Home For The First Time in Five Years

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Miriam is a 90-year-old woman who lives in Rishon LeZion and has not left her home for the past five years. Recently, Miriam’s granddaughter Meital turned to the mayor of Rishon LeZion, Raz Kinstlich, and to the Director of the … Continue reading →

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Saving A Life With Kindness – A Look At A Ten Kavod Emergency

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Raphael Poch

 Just before 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening, an elderly man who lives at home and has no family to care for him was brought a package of food by Orli Kadosh, the founder of a local community initiative “Adopt a … Continue reading →

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Seizing The Opportunity To Help A Blind and Homebound Senior Citizen

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Sunday around 3:00 p.m., Yehuda Amitay and Meir Vaanunu were transferring elderly patients to receive their Covid-19 vaccines in Jerusalem. When they arrived at the home of the next person they were supposed to transfer, a man in his … Continue reading →

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Decorated EMT Becomes First Woman Head Of a Chapter For United Hatzalah

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Vicky Tiferet, who is a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah in the northern town of Moshav Yuval, was appointed as the head of the organization’s Emek HaHula chapter last week, becoming the first woman in the organization to hold such … Continue reading →

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Ambulances Transport Elderly To Receive Their Vaccinations

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Answering a need faced by many elderly or disabled persons who are without cars, and for whom the use of public transportation can be difficult, United Hatzalah has begun working with various cities and regional councils throughout Israel to transport … Continue reading →

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Keeping The Elderly Warm In Midst Of Corona Winter

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Due to the winter cold and the countrywide lockdown restrictions becoming tightened and more severe, United Hatzalah along with the International Federation of Christians and Jews (IFCJ), took it upon themselves to give out blankets and food stamps to the … Continue reading →

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Community Volunteers Cooperate to Transport Elderly and Disabled to their Vaccinations During Lockdown

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Raphael Poch

United Hatzalah has partnered with the group Yad Beyad for the Development of Mevaseret Zion, a non-profit, in a new project transporting people over 60 and the disabled who qualify to receive the Coronavirus vaccine, in cases when their access … Continue reading →

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Caring For The Elderly on Chanukah

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Raphael Poch

Over the course of the Chanukah holiday, United Hatzalah’s Ten Kavod (giving honor) project teamed up with the Ner Levi non-profit and the municipality of Beit Shemesh and distributed winter packages containing blankets and warm clothing to senior citizens in … Continue reading →

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