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About Ezra Lemarpeh
Beit Zipporen Center
Summary
 
The Ezra Lemarpeh Organization was founded in 1979, with the goal of alleviating the suffering of the sick and their families who care for them, by offering a wide range of activities for their benefit. The motto that was etched on its flag was: "We Answer Every Call with Full Attention & Care."

The organization works quietly and modestly, away from the limelights, with hundreds of thousands of people who were helped serving as loyal witnesses to its contribution in helping them during their difficult time of illness.

The organization offers its services to anyone who needs them, from all sectors of the population, across the country. The hands of the hundreds of volunteers are full of work, day and night, as they try to fulfill the vital mission that they have shouldered.

All of the services are available to anyone and everyone, free of charge!

The Ezra Lemarpeh Organization is a non-profit institution, with regular bookkeeping as required by law, under the supervision of a certified accountant, Mr. Zelig Weizman.

The organization works in different fields for the benefit of the sick, including the following:

Lending medical equipment
Flying patients to medical centers across the world
Ambulance services across the country
Importing rare medicines according to doctor's prescription
Visiting the sick & humanitarian aid
Blood donations in emergencies
Counselling & referral to medical experts
Home Care Program for children with cancer
Medical Education & Instruction Unit
Emotional support and encouragement
International Tele-medicine Video Conference
Second opinion clinic with professional experts
Rehabilitation Day Care Center
Special Club for special children
Hosting healthy children whose parents are in hospital

The organization center is located in Bnei Brak, in a building that is named after Pesach; of blessed memory, and his wife Chana; may she be granted a long life,- Zipporen, who donated the money needed to purchase the impressive building on 24, Chida Street. In addition, the organization works through its branches in the following locations across Israel:

Ashdod 1, Habosem Street
Jerusalem 14, Gesher Hachaim Street (independent branch)
Kiryat Shmoneh 22, Dan Dayan Street
Ra'anana 186 Achuza Street
Ramat Gan 10-12 Lev Hazahav Street (At Ginat Habosem)
Qedumim
27 Shoham Street

Awards bestowed on Rabbi Firer and Ezra Lemarpeh

The organization budget

As mentioned before, the organization does not charge anything from the people that it helps. That's what its motto proclaims: "We Answer Every Call With Utmost Care & Attention, Free of Charge."
The funding of its activities comes mostly from contributions by friends and supporters of the organization, both in Israel and abroad, with partial governmental assistance, mainly from the Ministry of Health.
 
In the budget proposal for 2004 - the total expense was estimated at 10,000,000 Shekel.
 
© 2008 Ezra Lemarpeh Center •  P.O.Box 518 Bnei Brak 51104 Israel • Tel: +972 (0)3 5777000 • Fax: +972 (0)3 6161177