Judith is a single mother of a 9-year-old boy whose father is not in the picture. She’s struggled for a long time financially because she simply doesn’t make enough money. At the beginning of the war, she was put on unpaid leave at her job and was only able to return to work in December. This intensified the difficulty and the debts she was carrying from her previous situation. She’s been receiving financial counseling and parental training to help her long term and HaTikva project has been able to help her reduce her significant debts.
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