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The challenges facing a family caring for a child
with serious special-needs are never simple. Neurological disorders,
severe illness and developmental problems in childhood
change the lives of all concerned: the child, the parents,
the siblings and - in some ways - the society around them.
Experience shows that such families are rarely in a position
to stand up to these challenges without sustained, targeted
help.
The Malki Foundation is focused on empowerment, allowing families from every segment of
Israeli society to
provide quality home-care for their special-needs child the
way they believe it ought to be provided.
We
empower those families in two ways: by
long-term lending, free-of-charge, of
home-care equipment; and by granting the funds
needed so their child can receive the
para-medical therapeutic care
that benefits their child and that the families themselves
select.
We start with the conviction that no one knows better than the family
what's best for their child. No one can give loving care
to that child better than the family. Experience and
research show that home-care can be a
very powerful part of helping a child with special needs.
Now in its seventh year, the Malki Foundation (in Hebrew:
Keren Malki) was established as a unique
living
memorial to Malki Roth, a teenage girl who dedicated herself to
caring for people with disabilities, among them her own
severely disabled sister.
Today despite, or perhaps because
of, an efficient, low-cost
structure and our dedication to making the most out of donated funds,
Keren Malki plays a unique role in providing its special brand of
tangible, concrete support to more than a thousand families
in Israel.
The number of families we help grows steadily. But we know we have barely scratched the
surface of the need. Our ability to do what we do is
directly related to the support we receive from friends all
over the world.
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