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Their Job is to Look After Israel, Ours is to Look After Them

THEIR JOB IS TO LOOK FIDF AFTER ISRAEL. OURS IS fidf.org facebook.com/FIDFNational twitter.com/FriendsIDF TO LOOK AFTER THEM. youtube.com/user/FIDF2008 vimeo.com/fidf FRIENDS OF THE IDF ידיזו נאוריינ Who We Are ESTABLISHED IN regional offices in the United States and Panama 1981 by a group of Holocaust survivors 16 idddida Headquartered in NYC TYPES OF SUPPORT PROGRAMS: FIDF helps support the recreational educational and social needs of the soldiers who defend the Jewish homeland. educational social cultural recreational bereaved programs families FIDF helps ease the burden IDF soldiers carry on behalf of the Jewish community worldwide. TYPES OF PROGRAMS Education IMPACT! Scholarships granted DIPLOMA Investing in Israel's Future Leaders for academic studies STATS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Over 6,600 scholarships granted since beginning of program in 2002. Disadvantaged background Served as combat soldier or combat-support soldier Among current recipients, 36% IMPACT! ENGINEERING students take part in community service 96.7% scholarship program in providing community service in Israel to date. SUCCESS RATE including yearly graduates and returning students 27% Immigrants Students have 2 MILLION volunteered for over hours. The Formal Education Program Bridging Social Gaps Through Education helping soldiers complete 12 years of formal education by the time they are done with their service. FIDF aims to include Over 1,000 80% of soldiers who take the course receive their certificate of completion. soldiers in the program per year. Wellbeing for Soldiers No Soldier Should Dignity Program Fight with Financial DIGNITY makes a difference by providing soldiers with critical aid Burdens 1/5 soldiers needs financial assistance with 3,000 soldiers eligible for welfare. Since 2009, FIDF has given 8,000 soldiers per year multiple vouchers for food, clothing and basic hygiene products. In the last five years, FIDF has provided over 15,000 basic household appliances like stoves, beds and refrigerators to soldiers and families in-need Lone Soldiers Program Making Sure Lone Soldiers Always Israel's Lone Soldiers choose to leave their families and countries to serve in Israel Feel at Home An average of 2,800 immigrant Lone Soldiers serve in the IDF every year. + 950 new Lone Soldiers join the IDF each year. FIDF has sponsored over In 2012, largest populations of soldiers came from the US, Russia and France. Lone Soldiers have also come from places as far as Korea and Thailand. FIDF helps Lone Soldiers through this new phase of their lives, following their 2,500 flights for Lone Soldiers to visit their families and loved- ones in their countries of origin over the past 5 years. decision to leave everything they know FIDF's STRIDES Program The STRIDES Program provides IDF leg amputees with sports-specific prosthetics to enable them to run, bike and do other activities it was difficult or impossible to do before. In January 2013 STRIDES participant and amputee Adi Deutsch successfully completed an Iron man competition in Israel, in just 14 20 HOURS MINUTES In 2012, 12 STRIDES participants came to the US to take part in the program. Participant Itzik Gabbay rode his bike in the 2012 TransAlp Challenge (a 365 mile-ride across the Alps) and came in 32nd out of 230 participants. 2.4 MILE SWIM 26 MILE 112 MILE MARATHON BIKE RIDE Adi Deutsch has also taken part in various triathlons coming in third in two competitions and ninth in the world championships. Get Involved! FIDF DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING FRIENDS OF THE IDF 1"INI 1"nY TT

Their Job is to Look After Israel, Ours is to Look After Them

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This infographic takes a look at what the FIDF does for the Israeli soldiers.

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