Who really shells out for Aleh?

Aleh says these are its budget sources

With very encouraging Covid-19 stats here in Israel, it is baffling that Aleh remains mum on the status of its ill residents. And infuriating that it hasn't publicly acknowledged the fact that one resident succumbed to the virus in mid April ["On sophistry and silence"].

But it has found the time to circulate its latest financial data from 2019. 

According to the report's Budget Income Sources pie, donations constitute no more than 8% of its income. Payments received for outpatient rehab treatments are 6% of the total. And the remainder is obtained directly from various government deparments i.e. OUR pockets. 

Those sources are:

• The Ministry of Education 27%
• Local Authorities 3%
• Health Care Funds 8%
• Social Welfare Ministry47%
• Other Income 1% - your guess is as good as mine

So, for all those Aleh donors who believe they are crucial to this network of large, closed institutions that isolate people with disabilities from our communities, please note: Your donations are inconsequential to Aleh's success! 

It is government funds, provided by Israeli taxpayers and quietly diverted from children with disabilities who live with their families, that are the mainstay of their business.