KKL-JNF has reached an agreement with the Finance Ministry about a 1.4 billion shekel ($373 million) assistance to redistribute resources to provide war-time support, the organization announced this week.
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The funds will be used for a variety of activities and projects, among them health: shielding hospitals, emergency supplies, strengthening of the mental health centers, additional nursing and emergency staff; education: creation of educational environments for evacuees, daycares for evacuees, psychological services, informal education; agriculture: emergency stocks, shielding for farmers, assistance to farmers and incentives for workers; welfare: evacuation of welfare facilities from the front lines to safe areas, assistance to welfare offices and the public; employment: employment programs for evacuees, daycare assistance.
"KKL-JNF is proud to lead the rehabilitation project for the Israeli home front. Since the beginning of the war, KKL-JNF assists the residents of the Gaza periphery, the evacuees and the soldiers, the police and the security forces," KKL-JNF Chair Ifat Ovadia Luski said. "The most significant assistance from KKL-JNF will contribute to rebuild the ruined towns, the housing and creation of educational and welfare services for the evacuees, the shielding of hospitals and farms, and the purchase of emergency and medical equipment. We will, of course, continue standing along the authorities, the residents and the security forces. Together, with joint effort, we will reach better days in Israel."
