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Enabling quality care
at home for Israel's special-needs children
The
challenges that
face a family caring for a child with serious
special-needs are never simple. Neurological disorders,
severe illness and developmental problems in childhood
change the lives of all the parties: the child, the parents,
the siblings and - in some ways - the society around them.
From experience we know that such families are rarely in a
position to stand up to these challenges without sustained,
targeted help.
 THE
MISSION of the Malki Foundation (in Hebrew: Keren Malki) is to enable the families of
special-needs children in Israel to choose home care.
We are
an Israel-based, non-political voluntary not-for-profit
organization providing support and help without any regard
for the religious or national background of the family. Keren Malki is focused on empowerment, allowing families
from every segment of Israeli society to provide quality
home-care for their special-needs child the way they believe
it ought to be provided.
We
empower
those families in three ways: by long-term lending, free-of-charge, of
home-care equipment; by granting the funds needed so
their child can receive the
para-medical
therapeutic care
that benefits their child and that the families themselves
select. And for families in Israel's northern and southern
peripheries, we provide a unique service (getting underway
during 2011): the
Zlata Hersch Memorial Therapists on Wheels Program.
We start with the
conviction that no one knows better than the family what's
best for their child. No one can give loving care to that
child better than the family. Experience and research show
that home-care can be a very powerful part of helping a
child with special needs.
Now in its eleventh year, Keren Malki was established as a
memorial to Malki Roth, a teenage girl who dedicated
herself to caring for people with disabilities, among them
her own severely disabled sister.
Today despite, or perhaps because of, an efficient, low-cost
structure and our dedication
to making the most out of donated funds, Keren Malki plays a
unique role in providing its special brand of tangible,
concrete support to more than a thousand families in Israel.
The number of families
we help grows steadily. But we know we have barely
scratched the surface of the need. Our ability to do what we
do is directly related to the support we receive from
friends all over the world.
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WHAT'S NEW
Updated to
23-Apr-12
 Patrick
Carlyon writes a profile of Arnold Roth in the
Sunday Herald Sun, April 08, 2012: "Roth feels far from
powerless. He gives his talks. He shares his grief. And he lives
his life... "We don't expect to change the world," he says. "We
are constantly reinforced in our understanding of that. But
there are things that passionate people outraged by this
injustice can do. And that's what we do."
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 Read
our report
and see the pictures of the March 25 2012 Rainbow of
Music at Jerusalem's Gerard Bachar Center on Sunday
night, March 25, 2012.
This, Keren Malki's first-ever
gala concert, and held in conjunction with the
Jerusalem Arts Festival. was an outstanding musical
treat and an enormously enjoyable event. There will soon be
a DVD and streaming audio of the concert. But for now, we
hop e
you will enjoy the photographs of talented photo-journalist
and Friend of Keren Malki, Nir Alon -
they're here. And for those who attended and enjoyed the
beautiful rendition of
Malki's Song,
click here for previous
versions.
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 Kosher
Kilimanjaro: Join us in honouring the thirteen intrepid
"2011 Mt Kilimanjaro Climb in Aid of Keren Malki"
team members. It's set for Sunday night 27th November
2011, commencing 7:30pm at Goldberger Hall, Beth
Mizrachi, 81 Balaclava Road Caulfield, Vic., Australia. The
event includes a slide and video presentation. Admission is
by donation of $15 (to benefit Keren Malki) and a light
supper is included.
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 "The
deal to free a thousand terrorists was bad and dangerous"
Arnold Roth was interviewed
by Martha Kearney on BBC4's "The
World at One" on 18th October 2011. The streaming audio
interview is
here.
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 Terrorists-for-Shalit
In the context of the debate over the mass release of
hostage Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Arnold Roth expressed
outrage at the risks the decision pose to the security of
Israelis. He was interviewed for radio on the nationally
syndicated Takeaway program.
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New: Courtesy of our
friends at
Keren Malki UK, a moving 5-minute look at the work of
Keren Malki (video).
There's a Hebrew-captioned version
here
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 The
United Nations hears about Keren Malki's work An
historic and unprecedented symposium on the global victims
of terror was the setting for a speech at UN headquarters by
Arnold Roth on 9th September 2008.
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