The Mechina volunteering program also offers volunteering at the Association for Seniors and Holocaust Survivors in Beit Shean. Mati Garama, talks about the special connection between the seniors and Mechina participants, and the importance of volunteering at the organization:
“The collaboration over the past two years between the Mechina and the Association has helped us scale down the loneliness experienced by the seniors in Beit Shean more and more, through ongoing visits at their homes and helping them, including assistance with activities that they are unable to carry out daily.
“Of the many projects organized with the Association and the Mechina, the most exciting is the ‘Loneliness Relief Project’ – where program participants and seniors of the city of Beit Shean forge emotional connections; wonderful connections upheld through till the end of the volunteering year, and which are maintained to this day with phone calls at festival times, and short visits at their homes.
We have collaborations with many organizational bodies, but I have to acknowledge that partnering with you is the greatest – you are our beacon of light. Well done!”