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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 concerned: 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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Save
the Date: Sunday night, March 25, 2012, the
Keren Malki Gala Concert will take place in the concert
hall of Jerusalem's famous
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. 
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.
