Month: January 2026

Hadar, Milium wife

Hadar is a 30-year-old new immigrant and mother of two who is navigating cancer treatment while facing significant language barriers and isolation. Her husband has been away on reserve duty for months, leaving her to manage her medical journey and the care of their...

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Shahar, Single, young, lives alone

Shahar is a 34-year-old single woman who has had to navigate the complexities of cancer treatment entirely on her own. Without a local support system to lean on, her situation reached a breaking point when she was forced to stop working after exhausting all of her...

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Perach, Divorced mother, periphery

Perach is a 40-year-old divorced mother who holds sole custody of her 13-year-old disabled son while navigating a breast cancer diagnosis. Living in a periphery community with no financial support from her ex-husband, she faces the dual burden of lengthy, expensive...

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Tamar, Single mother, periphery

Tamar is a 47-year-old single mother to a toddler who was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. The necessity of stopping work created an immediate and severe financial crisis, which was further exacerbated by the long distance between her home and the hospital. These...

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Evelyn, Single mother

Evelyn is a 45-year-old single mother who has served as the sole caretaker for her disabled five-year-old son since his birth. Currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer, she faces a critical turning point where the physical toll of her medical care has made it...

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Lily, Single mother

Lily is a 41-year-old single mother navigating the onset of breast cancer treatment while caring for her 8-year-old son, who is on the autism spectrum. Since moving to Israel in 2015, she has built a life without a local support system, relying on her income as a...

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Selina, Divorced mother

Selina is a mother of four young children who is navigating a breast cancer diagnosis at 43 while acting as the sole caregiver for her family. Having immigrated to Israel in 2015, she has no extended family support, a situation made even more dire by a complex legal...

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Neta, Single, evacuee

Neta is a 43-year-old single woman who was forced to relocate from her home on the northern border due to the war, only to receive a breast cancer diagnosis shortly after her displacement. Isolated from her community and unable to work due to the physical toll of her...

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Mia, Single new immigrant

Mia is a 60-year-old single new immigrant who is facing Stage 4 breast cancer without a local support system to lean on. Her illness has resulted in severe pain and limited mobility, leaving her dependent on a walker to move within her home. Living in an apartment...

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Reut, Widow, lives alone

Reut is a 70-year-old widow living alone in public housing who is facing the dual crisis of a gynecological cancer diagnosis and the lingering physical fallout of a recent stroke. With reduced mobility and no children or family support to lean on, she has been forced...

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