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Intergenerational Activities at Reuth’s Subsidized Community Housing – Perach Zahav Matanel

Aging can be a painful process as seniors contend with retirement, loss of friends and loved ones, a decline in functional ability, and more. As a result, many experience debilitating loneliness, and subsequently, a dramatic decline in their mental and physical health. The vision of the project is to improve the quality of life of underprivileged seniors who are living in Reuth’s subsidized community housing.

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Givat Haviva International School (GHIS)

We are very excited to share the news about Chernor – the GHIS graduate who is adopted by the community in Santa Barbara.

Chernor is a graduate from our first cohort.  He is an orphan from Liberia who grew up in extreme poverty.  Despite this, as a clever boy, he understood the value of education.  He worked as a rickshaw driver from age 12, and it was this that enabled him to pay his school fees.  GHIS was lucky to find Chernor as he was lucky to find us.

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