Sarit is fighting a tumor wrapped around her spine
She can’t work — her strength is fading When illness strikes, hunger follows
Her children skip meals just to survive
Over 2,000 families face
this heartbreak every day
When Illness Strike, Hunger Follows
Sarit, a mother of five in Jerusalem, is fighting a tumor wrapped around her spine.
She can’t work, and her husband’s income barely covers the bills.
Most nights, their children go to bed hungry — not because they’ve lost their appetite, but because there’s nothing left to eat.
Across Israel, more than 2,000 families like Sarit’s face the same heartbreaking reality — forced to choose between life-saving care and putting food on the table.
When everyone else turns away, Or Lacholeh steps in — with hot meals, food vouchers, and the hope every family deserves.
Every Gift You Give Has the Power to Save a Family
$36
Feed the Gold Family for a Day
Give comfort to a family caring for a sick loved one.
Your gift provides a Hot Meal filled with love and hope, reminding them they’re not alone in their struggle
$100
Help Miriam’s Children Heal & Learn
Give Miriam’s children the strength to keep going — with one-on-one Tutoring and Emotional Therapy
while their mother fights for her life
$250
Help Orly’s
Children
Be their lifeline with Home & Hospital Support — including meals, cleaning, appliances & furniture — so they can focus on what matters most: their mother’s recovery
$300
Bring Joy to
a Sick Child
Create magical moments through Celebrations That Heal and our Dream Fulfillment Program
bringing joy, laughter, and love to a child who deserves to feel special again.
$500
Feed Sarit’s
Family
Provide vouchers for Food, Clothing, and Essentials for this family of five — so they can focus on healing, not survival
$250 provides a food voucher so a family can shop with dignity
Help Ora’s Family – $830
Give Ora’s family a Healing Getaway a peaceful escape from hospital walls where they can breathe, bond, and create joyful memories together.
When Everything Falls Apart
One phone call. One diagnosis. One collapse.
That’s all it takes for a family’s world to change forever.
Suddenly, the blissfully boring details that once filled a home — arguments over homework, laughter around the dinner table, rushing out the door for school — vanish. Meal and bedtime routines are replaced by nights in hospital corridors. Paychecks stop while bills multiply. Quiet children listening to their parents whisper about what they can afford to skip this month.
Right now, a family is facing their worst fear.
But they don’t have to face it alone.
When Illness Takes Everything,
Hot Meals Give Back Hope
For parents, it’s knowing a meal is waiting when they come home drained. For children, it’s the comfort of seeing that home still feels like home, even in the middle of a crisis.
Hope, Healing, and Help, Everyday
When illness strikes, families face overwhelming emotional, financial, and practical challenges they never imagined.
Whether from serious illness, natural disasters, or the aftermath of war, Or Lacholeh ensures no family battling illness faces these hardships alone—providing compassionate support that eases burdens and restores hope.
When children and families need it most, your gift brings light to their most desperate moments.
Dream
Fulfillment
Birthdays, healing escapes & magical experiences – every sick child deserves joy.
Crisis
Relief
Emergency food, clothing & hospital essentials when families have nowhere else to turn.
Healing &
Growth
Therapy and tutoring that rebuilds what illness has broken – confidence, hope, and futures.
Comprehensive
Support
Hot meals, household help furniture & community support – ensuring no family fights alone.
With your help, a desperate family will find hope tonight
The Most Powerful Medicine 
Can't Be Prescribed
Doctors can give chemotherapy, antibiotics, and pain relief, but they can’t prescribe hope. Yet research shows what we already know in our hearts: children and adults who feel hope, joy, and connection actually have higher survival rates – healing better and faster.
That’s why Or Lacholeh delivers more than medicine: meals shared together, birthdays celebrated in hospital rooms, healing getaways that let families breathe, and fulfilling dreams that have gone unmet. These simple gifts restore the strength no pill can give.
Children & Families Who Can't Wait
Lives in the Balance: Efrat's Story
Efrat is 12 years old – fighting cancer for the third time. Her parents sacrificed everything to stay by her side.
The cancer has returned this time, to her brain and spine.
Her parents left their jobs for round-the-clock care, but now face impossible medical bills for the surgery that could save their daughter’s life.
From Crisis to Celebrations
Programs that Restore Childhood
Our
Impact
With the help of our donors & volunteers, here is what we accomplish throughout the year.
92,000
Hot Meals Delivered
to hospitals and homes, providing nourishment and care.
250
Dreams Fulfilled
creating moments of joy and lifelong memories.
60
Families Rejuvinated
through pampering respite stays in vacation homes.
2,250
Families Nourished
through food and clothing vouchers, emotional therapies, and educational tutoring.
1,650
Smiling Children
enjoyed outings filled with joy, laughter, and cherished memories.
200
Households Refreshed
with furniture, appliances, and essential household items for a fresh start.
Beyond the numbers are countless moments of dignity restored
through birthday celebrations, holiday & activity programs,day trips, hospital care,
gift packages, and much more
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Right now, someone is battling illness, feeling alone and afraid. Just like a warm bowl of chicken soup soothes the soul, I have seen firsthand how Or Lacholeh is a lifeline—bringing comfort, healing, and hope when it’s needed most.
Please join me—help us transform suffering into smiles, one dream at a time
Every dollar makes a difference, really
$100
Funds therapy & tutoring
that helps families heal.
$250
Grants a special wish
that brings light during dark days.
$500
Provides vouchers for food, clothing, and essentials so families focus on what matters most.
$830
Funds getaways where families can reconnect and recharge.
Israel’s Families Can’t Wait
Across Israel, mothers like Sarit are fighting unbearable pain — and the hunger that follows.
YOU CAN CHANGE THAT TODAY.
Imagine being too weak to work, yet still worrying how to feed your children. For Sarit, this is reality. For thousands more, it’s tomorrow.
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Or Lacholeh steps in when illness steals everything — bringing food, comfort, and the hope no family should live without.
Every meal, every act of kindness, reminds a struggling mother: you are not alone.
Israel needs you now — and Sarit’s family can’t wait.
Fight Hunger
While They Fight Cancer
Heal Israel, One Child at a Time
To Donate in NIS and receive a Sief 46,
email miri@healisrael.org to make your donation.
