Eleven years ago, Rutti immigrated to Israel on her own. Today she is 48, a mother of two, and recently divorced. Her divorce was finalized only a few months ago, and it came after years of physical and emotional abuse by her partner. Even leaving was hard. Rutti’s Hebrew was limited, and during …

Sophie knows what it means to keep going. Day after day, she has met life’s challenges with quiet strength and a grateful heart. For some time now, she has been on the distribution list of C4i’s Feed the Hungry Project Partner, and each food package has helped carry her through. Recently, Sophie …

Celia's journey to Israel began with love. She met and married an Israeli man in Peru, and she left behind everything she knew (her country, her language, her family) to build a new life with him in Israel. In March, nearly a year ago, she gave birth to twin girls, Odem and Bareket. They became her …

Leah works two shifts every single day. She leaves home exhausted and comes back more exhausted, and she does it all for her three children. Even so, her income has never been enough. Once the rent is paid, there isn't enough left to keep food on the table every day of the month. The tiredness …

Ella was twenty-six, happily married, and raising her one-year-old son Yeshayahu with her husband, a Yeshiva student devoted to his studies. Life was full of promise. They had just celebrated their son's first birthday, and days later, learned they were expecting a second child. Then, one week …

Noga lost both her parents at a young age, and by the time she became a mother herself, she had no family to lean on. Unemployed, unqualified, and utterly alone, she faced the hardest challenge of her life: caring for her newborn daughter with nothing to fall back on. Her first step forward came …

Twelve-year-old Abel's journey illustrates the patience and creativity nutritional rehabilitation demands. This bright and charming boy came to a C4i 'Children at Risk' project from Africa, facing a complex combination of brittle bone disease, intellectual disability, and autism spectrum disorder. …

Dina's family immigrated from Ethiopia in 2005. As the youngest of nine children, she quickly fell behind in school and struggled deeply with insecurity, often withdrawing rather than engaging. Through C4i-supported after-school programs, Dina received daily counseling, creative learning tools, and …

Danylo is a refugee from Ukraine. He came to Israel in May 2022 with his grandmother, his parents unable to leave. That separation, layered onto the trauma of war, left deep marks on him, marks that showed in his behavior and his struggle to adapt to an unfamiliar life. When he first joined our …

Six-year-old Guri from Be'er Sheva has been part of one of C4i's 'Children at Risk' Project's preschool for three years. She faces significant challenges, including severe visual impairment, an intellectual disability, and being a wheelchair user, but she is surrounded by a caring team who provide …