"After my father passed away my mother wasn't able to cope for a very long time. I was away in the army and I didn't grasp how serious were the debts that my father had left. I started to realize when red letters began to arrive, and notes from the bailiff were pinned to the door.

 

I applied to Paamonim after a fellow soldier in my unit told me that they do miracles. They sent us Meirav, a volunteer tutor. She was so caring. She was the first person to succeed in getting my mother to pull herself together and take part in what was happening at home. The change which Paamonim has brought to our lives is amazing."

 

Paamonim's activities have expanded during 2011, from Kiryat Shemona in the North to Eilat in the South. We have increased our operations in outlying areas and we have tried to reach every family desiring to achieve economic responsibility and economic independence.

 

Family Tutoring

• 4,600 families were tutored in 2011. 2,843 of them were new families.

• Over 80% of tutored families completed their economic rehabilitation programs successfully, i.e. in economic balance and with changed perceptions. They had internalized correct financial management skills and changed their personal and family consumer habits.
• Reduction in family expenditures - Families successfully completing their economic rehabilitation programs reduced the difference between expenses and income by an average of  NIS 2,000 per month.

 

Volunteers

• 2,100 devoted volunteers throughout the country gave 200,000 hours of their time.
• 980 new volunteers joined the volunteering circle during 2011.

 

Training of Volunteers

• 38 training courses for volunteers took place throughout the country. Each training courses consisted of six meetings, each meeting of three hours duration.
• The volunteers worked with the CRM software specially developed for Paamonim.

 

Professional advisors

• Paamonim operates a Counseling Center, backed up by a wide ranging panel of professional advisors from various fields, such as court orders, insurance, accounting, banking, law, mortgages, who are available to be consulted about problems faced by volunteers and families.

 

Loans for families within the context of the rehabilitation program

• Paamonim gives interest free loans to families in the economic rehabilitation program. The loans are given only upon authorization by a committee of professionals who check out carefully whether the family can meet the criteria set out by Paamonim for these loans.
• During 2011 58 families received loans to the total value of NIS1,481,455.00

 

PTP - Preventive Training Programs

• Paamonim has developed comprehensive training kits adaptable to all age groups and institutions giving tools for correct economic household management and wise consumerism. Target groups were young families, youth, golden agers, national service personnel, discharged soldiers and disadvantaged families.
• 4,450 people learned about correct economic household management in 160 lectures.
• 800 people participated in 46 workshops on topics relating to correct economic household management. Each workshop consisted of four meetings.

 

PaamonimTraining Center

• The Training Center offered workshops to train social service administrators, social workers, community coordinators and human resources personnel to effectively relate to families in economic difficulties. Paamonim gave them tools and practical tips to assist them to help families from disadvantaged populations.

 

PaamonimConsultants Center

• This Center focused on employment counselors who offered a professional solution to families in their economic rehabilitation programs. A large proportion of these families required assistance and training in how to find employment and remain employed.
• The employment counselors are trained volunteers.

 

Increased awareness among the Israeli people of Paamonim and its work, the desire to spread Paamonim's message to families and volunteers and the recognition of Paamonim by national and private institutions gives us increased motivation to continue our work and promote lasting changes in Israeli society.

 

We are ready and willing to provide solutions to more and more families and to demonstrate the importance personal responsibility and economic independence in strengthening disadvantaged populations.