Rising Unemployment

This Year, Over 200,000 Israelis Suffer Unemployment

Does your job feed your family? Since the beginning of 2009, some 18,800 workers in Israel have lost their jobs every month. Debts escalate as months go by seeking employment. Frustration rises as doors slams closed. Anxiety and shame eat away at families that once enjoyed normal lives. However, formidable education costs leave them unable to pursue other fields of employment.

Other impoverished families face similar challenges as their sons and daughters come of age to pursue a career. How can a young person step into the workforce with no training? How can he or she acquire training with no ability to obtain a loan and no funds to pay for an education? They want to be productive, but it’s a catch-22 driving Israel’s poverty statistics higher and higher.

Yad Eliezer wants to break the cycle of poverty with gainful employment for all people in Israel.

Yad Eliezer's Solution

Job Training for Some 350 Individuals Every Year

Yad Eliezer's goal is not only to provide for Israel's needy, but ultimately to break the cycle of poverty by enabling individuals and families to become self-sufficient and independent. Since 2004, the Yad Eliezer Job Training Program has provided men and women in Israel with the skills they need to become productive in a trade or profession. Careful screenings of applicants, and high motivation of participants, contribute to a retention rate of nearly 100%. Training is subsidized in such professions as law, business management, computers, interior design, special education, counselling and other fields with potential for lasting, dignified employment. Job placement counsellors assist graduates in finding suitable positions.

The best way to give charity is to help the poor become self-sufficient. They want to be productive, but limited funding for the Yad Eliezer Job Training Program currently leaves over 500 applicants waiting for the funds to step into their future.

Help men and women in Israel to step into their future – donate to the Yad Eliezer Job Training Program today!