Outreach

This week marked the 36th International March of the Living that was held on Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day. Pastor Larry was honored to be in Poland to join in the March for his second year. Displaying their solidarity with Israel, ambassadors, religious leaders, students, businessmen, and philanthropists from all over the globe joined more than 55 Holocaust survivors. However, this year was special as six survivors of the Holocaust who were also impacted by the Hamas attacks on October 7th led the march.

Days after the October 7th attack by Hamas in Israel, Pastor Larry Huch was on the ground with Keren Hayesod’s world chairman Sam Grundwerg to review the damage and help where needed.

The October 7th massacre did so much damage that Israel continues to suffer from its effects and still needs our help. Those being helped by your support include boys and girls who are victims of the terror, as well as families and individuals who have lost everything or have been displaced due to the deadly rocket attacks and assaults.

One of the most important core outreaches that Larry Huch Ministries does through our partnered work with you is to provide trauma therapy for Jewish children who have been victims of terror. You are also helping to provide special grants to parents for therapeutic care for their children’s PTSD recovery. This past year, more than 100 children ages 6 to 16 attended a recovery camp led by the Jewish Agency’s Fund for Victims of Terrorism.

One of our greatest outreaches is providing for elderly Jews and Holocaust survivors.

Close to 7,500 of these elderly Jewish people are living in one of our Amigour homes where together with our partner agency in Israel we provide for them to live independently, yet remain connected to many unique social services that Larry Huch Ministries and friends like you help fund.

These safe housing units are caring environments that empower elderly Jews, like Hannah. She was a young, eight-year-old when her parents were hauled away by the Nazis to a concentration camp. She had to forage for food just to survive. That feeling of helplessness has stayed with Hannah into her adult years. Fortunately, she was able to make aliyah to Israel and now lives in one of our homes.

Several southern Israeli cities recently came under intense attack as a barrage of rocket fire from Gaza continued for days. Elderly Jews and Holocaust survivors faced ongoing fears of knowing that emergency alert sirens could, and would, sound at a moment’s notice.

Fortunately, at one of our partner homes in Ashkelon, each floor had a bomb shelter for elderly Jewish women and men to take quick refuge.

In 2022, MDA’s emergency vehicles were dispatched 13 million times. That is once every twenty-four seconds.

Their paramedics were able to treat more than 800,000 patients, assist in 983 births, and help in several mass-casualty events.

With the rise in recent terrorist attacks, MDA is on ready alert to respond if another call for emergency medical services come in.