Stories

See, I will bring them from the land of the North and gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labour, a great throng.
Jeremiah 31:8 NIV

Below is a selection of themed stories from people who’ve been helped by donations to Call to Care.

May update 2022

May update 2022

Aliyah from Mariupol Mariupol has become a terrible symbol of the war in Ukraine. 80% of the city lies in complete ruin. More than a half of 450,000 (the former population of Mariupol) has become refugees. Over 20,000 of people died in the city. Until humanitarian...

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April 2022 Report 2

April 2022 Report 2

Neyman familyThe Neymans are another family of olim who are leaving together with Marina. They are from Mariupol, too. Waiting for the departure in the tent of the logistic hub, Lyudmila,16, has adopted a stray kitten whose misfortune is so much like her own. Marina...

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April Report 2022

April Report 2022

Yakov & Galina Mandebura are also from Vinnytsya. Yakov needs cancer surgery but it is not possible to have it in Ukraine, so he needs to get to Israel asap.Mandebura familyThe Salganik family are refugees from Vinnytsya. This photograph was taken at Passover, when...

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March 2022 update

March 2022 update

OLIM FROM VINNYTSYA HAVE REACHED MOLDOVA SAFELY! Today, Aliyah is the most challenging. People have to get to Israel through the heat of war – which not only threatens their lives, it also tears their families apart.These three families from Vinnytsya left for Israel...

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The Abramovs send a huge thank you 

The Abramovs send a huge thank you 

The Abramovs send a huge THANK YOU from the airport in Kiev before their departure to Israel to the donor who made it possible …The Abramovs started to prepare for repatriation to Israel back in 2020, and everything was well, but a tragedy happened out of the...

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Thanks to your donations

Thanks to your donations

Thanks for your donations, here are some of the families we've been able to help recently. The Slepykh family The Shtepura family The Shumeyko family The Shapiro family The Shpeer family The Krestovskiy family The Luzin family The Kostenko family The Beshlega Family...

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January 2022 News

January 2022 News

Precious friends, thank you for the support you sent to our olim, which enables them to fly to a safe place. It is such a delight to hear the happiness in their voices when they ask us to give their thanks to you on their behalf. And so we do thank you, on behalf of...

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December Update 2

December Update 2

The Fear of a Big WarLiving in fear of a full-scale war with one of the best-armed countries in the world, Russia, is truly a nightmare. The population of Ukraine constantly lives in this fear. The Minsk Protocol was signed by Ukraine after Ukrainian soldiers got...

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December Update 1

December Update 1

These three families were extremely lucky: they witnessed a Chanukah miracle right in the middle of a nightmare that was swirling around them. Your help for them is one step closer towards their long-awaited departure to Israel. They will have seen the shores of the...

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September Update

September Update

The Nikityuk-BravermansThe Kargapolovs and Nikityuk-Bravermans have similar stories of life. Both these families have lost their ability to support themselves due to similar reasons: job loss, the collapse of family business, the crisis. Both the families have small...

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