“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.”
Matthew 25:35
Dear Friends,
We’re honored to share a beautiful answer to prayer, and invite you to help us set the table for Israel’s most vulnerable little ones. In partnership with an organization that cares for children at risk, the Warm House project is a feeding program that we are launching. This is also our year-end giving kickoff, and it couldn’t be more timely.
The Warm House model has quietly served children for three decades across Israel, adapting to changing needs while keeping one constant: dedicated, sensitive, and warm care. Together, we are beginning by sponsoring one Warm House in central Israel that will serve 15 precious children, ages 3–6.
Many of these children come from homes marked by violence and chronic nutritional deficiency. That’s why the Warm House provides more than food, where each child receives three nourishing meals a day. The program also builds resilience through value-based education, healthy communication, and language development. Children learn to live without violence, to care for their bodies, to practice personal and environmental hygiene, and to grow vital life skills and social confidence.
Each Warm House operates Sunday–Thursday from 1:30 PM to 6:00 PM, and on holidays from morning hours. A seasoned team, including a leading teacher, a devoted “house mother,” and a social worker, cares for up to 20 children per home, offering unconditional warmth, attentive listening, and tailored enrichment led by professional instructors. It’s multicultural by design, serving disadvantaged families from every sector of Israeli society according to socio-economic need.
When a child is fed, seen, and loved, everything can change. The Warm House has a long record of children becoming adults who succeed with dignity. That is the future we want to multiply.
Here is the practical need: it costs 80,000 ILS (about $24,500) to operate one Warm House for a full year. That includes purchasing food, preparing the meals in the home’s kitchen, and paying the house mother for her work. By God’s grace and your partnership, we intend to fully sponsor this first home—and, in time, more.
As we enter the season of light, would you help us set a table of hope? Your year-end gift will nourish bodies and shape futures, turning hunger into health and fear into confidence. Every gift moves us closer to fully funding this home for the year.
Please make your year-end gift today so that 15 little ones can eat, learn, and heal in a truly warm home.
With gratitude and love,
Barry & Batya
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
P.S.
Kick off year-end giving to feed 15 Israeli children. Give now: https://www.visionforisrael.com/en/donate.
