DIGNITY Program
Easing Financial Burdens

While the IDF cares for all its soldiers' needs when they are stationed on the base, thousands of soldiers are in need of financial support at home. These soldiers are often the main provider for their families. When they join the military, they encounter economic difficulties, not only in supporting themselves, but also in supporting their families.

When these soldiers come home for a short break, they either return to an empty house or become a financial burden on their families. The DIGNITY Program seeks to make a difference in the lives of these soldiers and their families by providing them with critical aid for basic appliances and furniture, food vouchers, special grants, and holiday gift coupons that help them through difficult economic times.

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DIGNITY Brochure
  • Today, about 19,000 soldiers are in need of financial support, including 5,000 defined as Lone Soldiers.

  • In 2009, FIDF provided over 6,500 soldiers in need with necessities such as furniture and home appliances through the DIGNITY Program.

  • FIDF also distributed over 57,000 gift vouchers during 2009.

  • DIGNITY enables 2,000 combat soldiers to serve in the IDF. Without this assistance, these soldiers would have to stay at home to support their families.

  • One’s military service can impact one’s future opportunities. By enabling these individuals to serve, DIGNITY is helping them become more integrated into Israeli society and creates new education and career possibilities for them.

  • Cost: You can help a soldier in-need for as little as $55.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Testimonials


"My mom doesn't work, I'm not in touch with my father. I don't know what I’d do without the support of FIDF. They help me a lot; they give me vouchers, so I can buy shoes and clothes, so I can buy everything I need for Shabbat."

- Oz, Armored Corps combat soldier and DIGNITY recipient

"To support the DIGNITY Program is to address the vital humanitarian needs of the IDF’s young men and women in greatest need of assistance."

- Rabbi Isaac Jeret, Chairman of FIDF Rabbinic Cabinet

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