About the FPF
The Forgotten People Fund (FPF) was set up as an
emergency fund to help Ethiopian families who had no place else to turn.
Anne Silverman, Chairperson, and David Silverman, Treasurer, launched a
series of fundraising events to bring the plight of the Ethiopian
families to the forefront and to raise fundS to provide the necessary
assistance for them. Yosef and Aida Miller made contact with the
Ethiopian social workers and community center directors who work with
the families throughout Netanya, and the FPF Outreach Program began its
work in all the neighborhoods where the families live – Vatikim, Nordau,
Dora, Azorim, Sela and downtown Netanya..
Ten years ago, after years of working within the Ethiopian community,
Anne & David Silverman and Rabbi Yosef & Aida Miller established the
Forgotten People Fund to assist Ethiopian families in need of
assistance.
The name – Forgotten People Fund – was chosen because in 1998 the
promises that had been made to the Ethiopian community when they were
brought to Israel in the two special operations launched by the Israeli
government – Operation Moses in 1984/5 and Operation Solomon on May 25,
1991 – had all but been forgotten.
Families were falling apart, children were receiving substandard
education, the community was riddled with dropouts and serious social
problems, and violence within the families was becoming all too
familiar.
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