The Jewish National Fund is preparing to host 100 kids and 40 staff members from the Alumim orphanage in the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr.
According to statement from JNF, the kids will arrive in Israel this Sunday.
The JNF, responding to a request from the Federation of Jewish Organizations in the former Soviet Union, will host children ages of 2-18 and about 40 staff members from the orphanage at the Nes Harim Field Center, outside Jerusalem.
JNF will take care of the children and staff at all times during their stay in Israel, including arranging activities and Torah study for the children, at the request of the orphanage staff.
“The situation in Ukraine is worrying, especially the situation of the children, so we decided to open the gates of the Ness Harim Field Center and host the children as much as possible in such a complex period,” JNF chairman Avraham Duvdevani says.
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