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Hearing impairments are usually invisible, but that doesn’t make it any less difficult. Not being able to hear our children and grandchildren talk and laugh are just examples of the challenges we are faced with. During emergency, like the COVID-19 crisis, not being able to hear the news, co-workers, our doctor or the clerk at the store, are making life difficult. Considering that we are all required to wear face-masks, people with hearing impairments are deprived of another meaningful tool of communications, reading lips. There are over 700,000 Israelis coping with a hearing impairment. Their ability to communicate is limited, and they are faced with frustration, loneliness, anxiety and depression. Proper treatment can help! This isn’t someone else’s problem Every third Israeli over the age of 65 is coping with hearing impairments. You know some of us personally – a grandparent, a parent, a spouse; This might even be your story.
"Bekol" is the leader in hearing rehabilitation for Israelis over the age of 18. "Bekol" provides services to individuals and to communities across Israel, tending to the variety of needs faced by hearing impaired people. The organization wages public awareness campaigns; conducts hearing diagnostics; provides and donates hearing aids; provides guidance and counsel; makes a variety of contents accessible to us; assists us in finding suitable employment; trains professional that provides with services in the community; and advocates for the implementation of progressive policies.
Today, we’re asking you to help “Bekol”, which is faced with an existential threat. Without your support, there will not be anyone to fight for our chance to be a part of society. Your support is critical as due to COVID-19, government funding for Bekol has decreased and the need to its services has increased. Your donation can keep the doors of this important organization open.
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---------------------------------------------- Donations can also be made via wire transfer: In Israel: Bank HaPoalim (12) Avivim Branch (778) Account # 388387 Worldwide: IBAN code: IL510127780000000388387 SWIFT code: POALILIT --------------------------
For donors based in the U.S wishing to make a tax-deductible contribution, please make out a check payable to “P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds”, with a recommendation that it be used for “Bekol – The organization for Hard of Hearing People in Israel”, non-profit number 580306603, and send it by mail to P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds 630 Third Avenue, Suite 1501 New York NY 10017 Or, if you wish to make a bank wire transfer to P.E.F. please contact: info@pefisrael.org Please notice all donations should be made payable to PEF, and clearly marked as donor advised to “Bekol – The organization for Hard of Hearing People in Israel”.