AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER INC

American Friends of Yad Eliezer/B’ezri was founded on the premise that every Jew in Israel is entitled to a life of dignity, self-reliance and self-respect. Established in1981 with the single objective of delivering monthly food baskets to hungry families, American Friends of Yad Eliezer/B’ezri has grown to encompass over fifteen economic and social service programs that impact on the lives of over 20,000 families each year.
Our mandate is to give the international Jewish community the opportunity to reach out to their fellow Jews in Israel, to serve as the conduit for the global American Friends of Yad Eliezer/B’ezri family – our staff, volunteers and contributors around the world – to support those in Israel who need their help most.
The entire American Friends of Yad Eliezer/B’ezri team works together to combat poverty on the individual, family, communal, and national levels. We aim to provide critical short-term relief while simultaneously confronting the underlying causes of indigence, forging broad-based solutions that empower long-term financial and psychological stability. Each component of American Friends of Yad Eliezer/B’ezri's comprehensive welfare system − which includes nationwide distribution of essential food, clothing, and household items, job training and child mentoring programs − contributes towards the fulfillment of its mandate to engender economic recovery and social development in Israel.
While our host of programs has expanded and our budget exceeded $47 million this year, our cadre of dedicated American Friends of Yad Eliezer/B’ezri supporters enables the organization to honor its commitment to limited overhead and minimal expenses while providing personalized and professional assistance to hundreds of thousands of our nation's neediest.
le providing personalized and professional assistance to hundreds of thousands of our nation's neediest.

American Friends of Yad Eliezer/B’ezri was founded in 1980 and is the largest poverty relief agency in Israel. American Friends of Yad Eliezer/B’ezri's mandate is to help families cope with financial difficulties and to empower them to break through the cycle of poverty and achieve self-sufficiency. Our objective is to combat poverty at its root, through an array of programs that provide critical short-term relief, while facilitating long-term recovery. Each component of American Friends of Yad Eliezer/B’ezri's comprehensive welfare system - nationwide distribution of essential food, clothing and household items, job training, and adolescent mentoring programs - contributes toward economic recovery and social development.