By Yael Grosman-Ravhon | Director of Marketing and Resource Development
Paamonim offers an effective alternative to charity by focusing on long-term, comprehensive solutions to debt and poverty. Paamonim gets to the root of the problem, giving individualized all-encompassing assistance, guidance, and support to families who feel that they are unable to solve their financial problems on their own and have nowhere else to turn.
Economic crisis can lead to severe consequences within the family - an atmosphere of hostility, anger, stress, and despair for the entire family, as well as serious problems among the children due to material and emotional insecurity. By providing real solutions and teaching families how to rise above poverty and debt and to stand on their own two feet, we restore a sense of stability, dignity and self-respect to Israel's families in financial distress.
Paamonim matches each family with a specially trained volunteer tutor who assists the family over time to develop and implement an Economic Recovery Plan that suits its individual needs. These tutors are trained by Paamonim and receive close ongoing supervision.
Throughout the Economic Recovery Process, the tutors provide emotional and practical support and thorough, comprehensive supervision. The families are helped to properly manage their household finances, and are sometimes even provided with financial assistance or loans, until they are able to return to financial stability and live with dignity.
During the last quarter, Paamonim volunteers helped 1,620 families through counseling, tutoring and economic rehabilitation.
4,200 people took part in 135 preventive guidance programs, and tens of thousands more people acquired tools and tips for correct economic household management through our internet site and newsletters.
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