War: Israel’s response. And the Malki Foundation’s.
On short notice, and as a response to the barbaric horrors of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israeli communities in the country’s south, The Malki Foundation UK arranged an emergency services update focusing on the families it has for years supported there.
It’s captured in the video below.
Founded in Israel in 2001, the Malki Foundation undertook the mission of empowering and helping families of children with extreme special needs in concrete ways. In the years since then, more than 3,000 families from Israel’s Christian, Druze, Muslim and Jewish populations have benefited from our programs.
The war that erupted on Shabbat, October 7, 2023, upended Israel and the region, as well as Israeli families from every part of the socio-demographic spectrum. The work of the Malki Foundation is suddenly more challenging and dramatically more relevant. How we are now intervening to help families in Israel’s periphery, especially the south, is an absorbing narrative we felt and feel many will want to know about.
Addressing the Zoom audience from London, Geoffrey Hartnell, the chair of Malki Foundation UK’s board of trustees led a conversation with two guests in Israel: Arnold Roth, who with his wife Frimet founded the Malki Foundation and serves as its honorary chair; and Ely Cohen, who directs Malki Foundation’s activities from Jerusalem.
The presentations covered multiple issues including • The difficulties the Malki Foundation faces following the horrendous attack on Israel by Hamas • The impact on families and children with severe disabilities and the essential therapies we deliver • How in these new and difficult conditions we aim to help these families get through the trauma.
