Alleviating Poverty


We use your support to answer God’s call to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and provide shelter to the poor (Isaiah 58:7) through on-the-ground, lifesaving care, food, and support for impoverished Jews, elderly, and Holocaust survivors.

Poverty Rikva sits with Bishop Lanier.

‘My Heart Is Filled With Warmth’

IFCJ Canada  |  December 5, 2024
Rivka is so grateful to The Fellowship for always cherishing life and helping her in her old age to survive.
Poverty Sisters Zinaida and Svetlana with with a Fellowship volunteer beside a food box.

‘I Thank God for This Help’

IFCJ Canada  |  November 29, 2024
Two elderly sisters are grateful for The Fellowship’s deliveries of food and supplies to survive the harsh winter in war-torn Ukraine.
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You Provide Hope in War-Torn Ukraine

IFCJ Canada  |  November 15, 2024
Before the war in Ukraine, Haya and her husband bought a small apartment in the city of Zhytomyr, Ukraine. When the war broke out, they worked hard to support their four children. They did consider leaving, but in the end, they decided to stay in Zhytomyr. And it has been challenging.
Poverty Yael Eckstein at the Western Wall,  April 12, 2021, Yael leans her cheek and hand against the wall with eyes closed, black shirt

Nailya’s Strong Spirit

IFCJ Canada  |  November 1, 2024
Nailya has warm memories of her childhood. She grew up part of a vibrant, family-like Jewish community in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
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School Supplies for God’s Children

IFCJ Canada  |  October 18, 2024
With the ongoing war in Israel, many families are finding themselves in difficult financial or safety situations.
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‘You Take Care of Me’

IFCJ Canada  |  September 19, 2024
“There were several alarms in Tiberias, and I was really stressed,” says Aliah. “It reminded me of the German planes I saw in Morocco when I was a child...
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‘I Began to Dream of Israel’

IFCJ Canada  |  September 6, 2024
“Thanks to The Fellowship, my dream of living in Israel came true at the age of 94."
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She’s Not Alone

IFCJ Canada  |  August 22, 2024
“I heard my neighbour screaming.” says Alla who was suddenly woken up by sirens and yelling on October 7, 2023. 
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‘No More Tears to Cry’

IFCJ Canada  |  July 25, 2024
When we met with sweet 74-year-old Ella, she first showed us her necklace which holds a meaningful photo of two of her adult children who were murdered on October 7, 2023.
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Hope During Wartime

IFCJ Canada  |  July 11, 2024
Just as her mother’s love saved Dora’s life during the darkest days of the Holocaust, so too did her son’s love help her survive October 7th.
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Helping Mikhail

IFCJ Canada  |  May 28, 2024
Mikhail is a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor with a very difficult life behind him—but hope for the life he has left. It wasn’t always that way.
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‘It Is a Big Help’

IFCJ Canada  |  April 26, 2024
Genia, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, was born to a Jewish family in Ukraine in 1936.

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