Author: chazak

A Ferrari (picture) and Walker for Dudi

Dudi Merkin dreams of driving a Ferrari one day. To brighten Dudi’s room and to keep his dream in sight the Chazak Foundation gave Dudi a picture of a sporting red Ferrari. Chazak Foundation...

A Wheelchair for the Board of Jewish Education

Chazak Foundation helps support and assists people and families who suffer from disabilities. Chazak stands for strength. Each day could be a battle for those struggling with a disability but it’s through their strength...

Dudi Mirkin

Dudi Mirkin is a 16 year old boy who went for a run in August last year. He tripped and fell into a wall and landed on the left side of his brain. This...

Chanah Rivka

Brenda Berlowitz went to her seventh month scan of her pregnancy in November 1998 which displayed the foetus has having a rare condition alobar holoprosencephaly. The doctors detected that the brain lining was filled...

Books for an old lady dying of cancer

An old Lady phoned a trustee of Chazak Foundation and requested a 3 wheel walker.  The trustee began asking the lady questions and found out that the lady had cancer and had been given...

An exercise bench for Chanah Rivkah

In 2009 the Berlowitz family decided to come live in South Africa with their daughter Chanah, now 12 years old, who suffers from cerebral palsey, retardation, quadriplegia, seizures and reflux.  Even with all these...

Michelle Vinokur

Challenges, each one brings its questions, its hope, its choices. Some people choose to opt out, others accept and fail. But then there are those who through perseverance make it through not only intact...

Challah Making Demonstration

A Challah Making Demonstration was held on Thursday, 2 June 2011, at Waverley Shul Hall to raise funds for Chazak.A strong group of women gathered together to learn the importance of baking challot and...