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For more than 10 years already, the Jewish community of Belarus has been implementing charitable and humanitarian projects aimed at rendering assistance to single and poor Jews, pensioners and single mothers, children and students, whose income is lower than the minimum subsistence wage in the country. The basic burden of working with the needy members of the Jewish community is born by two charitable organizations founded by the Jewish communities of Belarus:
"Hesed Rakhamim"
"Jewish Revival"
Which have over 18,000 Jews in their registries.

All the work is built at the expense of donations, both from abroad and by a small group of local businessmen. A special role in supporting the needy members of the Jewish community of Belarus belongs to our foreign partners: "World Jewish Relief" ("WJR") /England/, American Joint Distribution Committee ("JDC"), the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta /USA/ and AJS /Switzerland/.

These organizations have become our reliable partners, who are assisting the needy Belarusian Jews on the everyday basis to cope with the live adversities, and who are pouring light into their life.

The Programmes implemented by the "Hesed Rаkhamim" and "Revival of Judaism" in relation to the needy members of the community are as follows:

	Medical Aid - examinations at diagnostic centres in various cities of Belarus, sponsorship in buying medicines, free-of-charge distribution of vitamins, syringes, dressings, measuring blood pressure and sugar content.
	Humanitarian Help - free-of-charge distribution of clothes and footwear, children's toys and pampers, bed linen the kitchen utensils. Sponsorship in buying fuel for heating houses in winter.
	Moked le Kashish - minor repairs of footwear and home appliances, repair of electric instruments, sharpening knifes and scissors. Washing bed linen.
	The Speaking Book - rental of audiocassettes with records of Jewish songs, stories in Yiddish, histories about Jewish holidays. For visually impaired people – books with special typesetting.
	The Nutrition Programmes - delivery of hot meals home, free-of-charge meals at canteens, provision of monthly foodstuff sets.
	Giving into rent rehabilitation equipment - rental of apparatus for people with locomotor system disorders and of rehabilitation medical equipment.
	Daytime Center - bringing by buses of groups of elderly Jews of the community to the Jewish Community Centre (JCC), granting meals during programmes for pensioners, organization of circles – physiotherapy exercises, singing, and handicrafts. Courses with a psychologist.
	Elderly Persons' Club - organization of circles of studying Yiddish, Hebrew, English, theatrical activities, chess and draughts club.
	Warm House - meetings of pensioners in apartments with the aim to jointly celebrate Shabbats and the Jewish holidays.
	Mazal Tov - programmes for young mothers and their children. For adults – meetings with interesting people and psychologists, for kids – developing games.
	Home Care - special care of bed and sedentary patients, also including round-the-clock care – buying food products and medicines, cooking, housekeeping, etc.