Help Get Well -- Help Israel Charity -- Who We Are

In April 1997, Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Fried launched Bikur Vezras Cholim, a Help Israel Charity, dedicated to assisting patients and families throughout the recovery process.

Hospitalization can be scary and overwhelming. Many patients and their caretakers arrive frightened at hospitals, and are unfamiliar with ensuing hospital procedures. Patients are unsure about how they will function after hospital discharge, and concerned about how they will find transportation to medical assessment centers, healthcare clinics and agencies.

And so, Bikur Vezras Cholim has built a network of Help Israel Charity volunteers, to transport, escort and support patients throughout the hospitalization and recovery process. Our team of dedicated volunteers meets patients at hospitals, escorts them through the treatment process, visits them, provides cheerful entertainment and prayers, helping patients get well. See our 7-minute video.

Free of charge, our team of medical experts advises patients on treatment options, support resources, and avenues for assistance. We offer free blood banks, medical equipment, cell phones for families, and medications on loan.

In addition, our Israel Charity helps the families of those with an infirmed patient. We know that mothers, fathers, and spouses spend countless sleepless nights by the bedside of their family members. Hospitals focus on treating patients. We provide support and assistance to their loved ones at home. We provide volunteer babysitters, meals and assistance.

Using our own mass-scale Israel charity food kitchen, we prepare and deliver thousands of nutritious and delicious meals to hospital visitors, families, and anyone else in need. See how we Help Israel Charity helped Israel's residents of the North. We prepare holiday food packages too, and give strength to worn-out families with members undergoing medical treatment. Our extra support goes a long way in keeping families fit and able to care for their loved ones. Our meal distribution centers serve Israelis all over the country, including Jerusalem, Haifa, Tiberias, Sderot, Ashkelon and Ashdod.

Help Israel Charity leverages our base of hundreds of dedicated volunteers to provide services to help people get well. For example, we utilize over one hundred and forty cars to provide free transportation to thousands of patients going to and from medical care facilities. Our ambulance and motorcycles provide Emergency Response units, delivering on-the-scene trauma relief. We are recognized by Israel's Ministry of Health, and endorsed by major medical centers and world leaders. Our charity's successful formula of care, dedication and hard work, enables us to address the needs of nearly every one in six Israelis. Help Israel's material costs are substantial, but our results are priceless. We rely on generous support from folks like you to enable us to function. Please take this opportunity to help someone in Israel get well today, by donating now.