Italian couple donates wedding money to Sderot
Young couple from Rome gives money received at their wedding to project aimed at improving the life of disabled individuals in rocket-battered town
A newlywed Jewish couple from Rome, Italy have recently donated all the money they received from guests in their wedding to handicapped residents of Sderot.
The money went towards providing seven families in the rocket-battered town with new computers with LCD screens, printers, computer desks and a one-year internet connection.
The equipment will be installed at the residents' houses by volunteer students who will also teach the residents how to use it.
The disabled residents are members of the "Supportive Community" project in Sderot that has been operated in the last year by the Amal Siudit home nursing chain in partnership with the Joint Distribution Committee-Israel, the Sderot municipality and the Welfare Ministry.
The project, which currently involves 60 families, provides disabled individuals in the southern city with a safety network and support solutions at times of crisis or emergency.
The services provided by the project include on-call volunteers who are always available for immediate assistance, small repairs at home, medicine and food supply during emergencies, social activities, and a 24-hour hook-up to a distress center.
Dalya Korkin, executive director of Amal Siudit, explained that "using a computer is one of the means to boost disabled people's independence and enable them to have access to information and to create social ties on the internet."
Hana Morag, Amal Siudit's director in Sderot, added: "In Sderot, with the reality of ongoing Qassam attacks, the possibility to improve the life of the disabled is particularly important."
