Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tenufa Bakehila has operated a Mobile Emergency Repair Unit to respond to urgent calls and carry out minor but essential repairs for families in need. To date, the unit has completed over 2,000 emergency interventions.
Installing handrails, repairing switches, shutters, and electric water heaters, replacing door handles and locks, unclogging sinks, toilets, and bathtubs, installing bathroom heaters, and more.
One such case involved a single mother from Bat Yam with no family support, whose apartment was flooded for four hours after a pipe burst. With no means to pay for a plumber, she turned to Tenufa’s emergency unit. The rapid, professional response restored the apartment to livable condition—at no cost to the family.
The Emergency Repair Unit ensures that urgent housing needs are met quickly, preventing further damage and providing immediate relief to families in crisis.
Renovation of a daycare center for children with special needs
Renovation of the home of a widow whose daughter has mental health challenges and lives with her
Renovation of the home of a newly immigrated divorced man without children
Renovation of the home of an elderly man suffering illness and disability
Renovation and painting home of a family with special needs children, damaged by fire
Renovation of a bedroom with a broken and dangerous floor for a disabled woman
Renovation of a house where tree roots penetrated the pipes causing extensive system damage
enovation of a shelter after a fire
Kitchen replacement for an elderly immigrant couple from Ethiopia
Renovation of a shelter flooded up to knee level with sewage water
For four years, a single grandmother and her grandson showered using a hose pulled from the bathroom
Single father with mental health challenges; one of the sons has special needs
Replacement of a solar water heater for an elderly man who had no hot water for 5 years
An elderly man who lived without running water, using a hose from the garden — now finally able to shower with running water.
A yard once infested with dangerous reptiles has been transformed into a safe space for a family with young children
Kitchen renovation for a family of a combat soldier
Renovation of a shower for an elderly couple living without proper conditions
Renovation of a bathroom for a Holocaust survivor
Painting a shower room for a single mother
Bathroom renovation for an elderly adult
Renovation of a Holocaust survivor’s bedroom
