WE PRAY FOR THEM…AND RUN FOR THEM!

 

On February 11, 2024, 17 boys and girls from Bet Elazraki will be on the starting line in Daytona Beach, Florida. This is not the first time that the children's home runners have participated in a marathon in the USA. For more than a decade, they have been running, every year in memory of Liran Edri, an IDF soldier from Netanya who fell in battle during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. This year, the children specifically asked to run in honor of the healthy, safe, and swift the Israeli hostages in Gaza as well.

 

The starting point for our runners does not start in Florida, but on the day they arrived at the Children’s Home. Bet Elazraki is the warm and supportive home of over 200 children at risk and hundreds of adults. Each child has his or her own complex life story, but all of them are “running” on a new life path since they now have a home that cares for them, and a dedicated and skilled multidisciplinary team that supports them in every possible way. 

 

The half-marathon, for which our children prepare intensively for months, is the pivotal point in their private marathon - to overcome every difficulty that life has thrown at them, and prove that they are truly winners. Running gives them the opportunity to strengthening their self-image, and improve their confidence and motivation. 

 

Please join us in making this trip an unforgettable one for our children! 

 

OUR RUNNERS:

Noa Dina Schnider

Atara Ganz

Aviva Pollak

Zehava Hagos

Noa Slamie

Bat El Kabada

Malka Beker

Stav Workia

Shulamit Gur

Menahem Shalem Salomon

Itzchak Ayanaw

Shay Kuziashvili

Shalev Mekonen

Amnon Hai

Bagimov Ariel

David Mekonnen

Yonatan Mekonnen