Israel’s Health ministry has just approved an expansion of the “Health Basket,” treatments and drugs covered by Israel’s four HMOs for 2023. The expansion included more than 120 medications and technologies at a cost of nearly NIS 650 million. The task of deciding...
A conversation with the Founder and Director of the Israel Lemonade Fund, which provides emergency financial aid for breast cancer patients. Full article:...
Justin sits down with Shari Mendes, Founder and Director of the Israel Lemonade Fund, for a conversation about how her life’s purpose presented itself to Shari during one of the darkest periods of her life....
Twelve years ago, on an otherwise normal, hot July day in Israel, I received a diagnosis of breast cancer. As a child of a holocaust survivor with a miraculous story of survival, I learned early to notice connections. (“Try not to miss the miracles,” my mother would...
A., 66 years old, diagnosed with advanced breast cancer after losing her job as a pre-school assistant. Husband is ill and showing signs of dementia. Couple had been managing on small pensions until the extra costs of having cancer appeared. Grant awarded to help A....
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Most one-time grants are 2,000-3,000 shekels and the receiver can use them for whatever they term most necessary. Read more: https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/israel-lemonade-fund-making-lemonade-out-of-lemons-for-israelis-with-breast-cancer-661506 ...
Grants were reveiwed and sent early this month, so recipients would get them in time for the holidays. Sample February 2021 Lemonade Fund grant: H., 42, married, 4 young children, getting chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer, awaiting surgery. Two adult siblings...
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Starting 2021 with stories of 2 breast cancer patients who needed help, who got Lemonade Fund grants this week: R., 42 years old, married with 4 children (ages 7-15.) (Husband not working, is fully disabled.) D. was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in August, now...