A new “village for the aged,” which will provide facilities for 1,000 aged newcomers to Israel, as well as 250 bedridden invalids, is being created by the Joint Distribution Committee’s Malben program at the former Ein Shemer immigrant camp in Israel, it was reported today by the J.D.C. here. The camp was recently vacated by the Jewish Agency.
The new “aged village” is part of Malben’s giant new building and reconstruction program, which will increase the welfare agency’s bed capacity from 3,000 to more than 5,000 beds before the end of 1952. Malben was established at the end of 1949 to aid helpless newcomers to the Jewish state and is now caring for more than 5,000 men, women and children who would otherwise be a burden upon the Israeli Government.
Since its establishment, Malben has aided more than 14,000 immigrants, making it possible for thousands from the DP countries and other areas to receive the care which they urgently required. Despite the continued expansion of Malben facilities during the past two and a half years, however, there are today some 4,000 still waiting for Malben care, for whom no facilities are as yet available, the J.D.C. report said.
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