💔Sarit is fighting a spinal tumor. When illness strikes, hunger follows. Help Sarit’s children and family survive. 

When Hearts Shatter, We Begin the Healing

No family should face the psychological storm of illness alone

When Families Shatter, We Restore Hope

The Hidden Wounds That Medicine Can’t Touch

A father watches monitors beep while his child asks why God is angry with them. A mother lies awake replaying the doctor’s words, unable to process what “terminal” means. Healthy siblings retreat into silence, feeling invisible while their parents focus entirely on the sick child. 

How Your Support Brings Emotional Healing

At Or Lacholeh, we provide professional psychological care for families facing medical trauma. Our therapists understand how serious illness affects parents, patients, and siblings alike. Through our Emotional Therapy & Support Program, families receive practical tools to cope with uncertainty and move forward with strength.

Individual 

Therapy

Therapists help patients process medical experiences, transforming anxiety into coping strategies.

Family 

Counseling

Guidance rebuilding communication disrupted by crisis, teaching families to support each other.

Crisis 

Intervention

Emergency emotional support during diagnosis, setbacks, or overwhelming despair.

Sibling 

Programs

Age-appropriate support helping brothers and sisters maintain emotional health during family crisis.

With professional psychological support, families can stabilize, communicate, and cope — reducing long-term emotional damage.

Real Families, Real Healing

I didn’t know how to explain to my son that his brother might not make it. I was falling apart. Or Lacholeh sent someone to talk to both of us. We cried. We breathed. And we didn’t feel alone anymore.

Miriam

Mother of Yaakov, age 5

Families navigating medical trauma need consistent support

$283,687

will keep professional mental health care within reach.

When Medical Crisis Becomes Emotional Crisis

Serious illness brings ongoing medical stress into a home. Parents develop anxiety, depression, and emotional exhaustion from constant decision-making and fear. Ill children experience psychological distress, sometimes refusing treatment because they are overwhelmed. Siblings show behavioral and emotional changes as attention shifts to the child who is sick.

Over time, parents have little energy left for their relationship. Marital strain increases as couples focus on survival, not connection. Without intervention, families can begin to drift apart while still trying to function..

$100

provides emergency crisis counseling when families receive devastating news

$250

funds weekly therapy helping children cooperate with medical procedures

$500

gifts family therapy, preventing divorce during medical stress

$750

enables comprehensive psychological support for an entire family

Help Heal Israel

Or Lacholeh is tax dedutable in the following countries: 

USD

Email miri@healisrael.org for account info

Or Lacholeh c/o Elliot Tobal 5 Cedar St., Lakewood, NJ 08701

Israel

Email miri@healisrael.org for account info

Or Lacholeh PO Box 5300
Jerusalem, Israel 9105201

UK

UK Gives (specify that it is for Or Lacholeh, Charity number: 1161366)
483 Green Lanes
London, England N134BS 

Canada

(specify that it is for Or Lacholeh)
Canada Charity Partners
5785 Smart Av, Cote St-Luc  QC  Canada H4W 2M8

Canada Charity Partners (specify that it is for Or Lacholeh)
Account number: 06541-004-5225795
TD Canada Trust Branch transit number: 06541
Branch address:
TD Canada Trust
5500 AV WESTMINSTER
Cote St-Luc  QC
H4W 2J1
TD’s Institution number: 004
TD’s Swift Code (international): TDOMCATTTOR
(applies to all accounts and branch locations)

*not tax deductible

*not tax deductible

*Online donations in the USA, Israel, UK, & Canada are processed through our Israel Gives donation form for a tax deductible receipt