{"id":3344,"date":"2016-01-27T09:45:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T14:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=3344"},"modified":"2016-03-08T09:52:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T14:52:33","slug":"whats-app-by-kobi-arieli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/whats-app-by-kobi-arieli\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s App by Kobi Arieli"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"What does the term \u201cWhat\u2019s App Group\u201d mean to you?
\nConnection with the family, unfunny jokes from the cousin who thinks he\u2019s smart, cute pictures of kids lying under the table or standing on the table, popular videos streaming in from 12 different senders, somebody has a good plumber in Ohr Yehudah, Tzachi Hanegbi wearing a shtreimel, a photo-montage by Miri Regev, Ma-a-a-zel T-o-o-ov! \u2013 In short, a few pieces of good news and mostly \u2013 unabated annoyances.
\nFor Ezer Mizion\u2019s chessed industry, the What\u2019s App application is a revolutionary work tool.
\nA few weeks ago, Motty got on a plane in Brussels on his way to Israel. Motty is a fellow in his 60\u2019s, an employee who works for a bank. He was on his way to Israel to spend the summer vacation with his grandchildren.
\nWhen the sign telling everyone to fasten their seatbelts lit up, Motty got up from his seat to take out the medicine pouch from his handbag. But then he discovered that the pouch was not in his bag. Motty, who has heart disease and chronic diabetes, takes 22 pills every day, and the entire collection lay calmly in his dining room in Antwerp, right where he left it.
\n\u201cAt midnight,\u201d says Meir Quinn, director of Ezer Mizion\u2019s \u201cLinked to Life\u201d project, \u201cone of our members got a call about a Jew from Belgium who landed in Ben Gurion Airport and forgot his medications at home. Failure to take some of these medicines could endanger his life. I channeled the problem to a number of relevant groups. Within a few minutes, a network of solutions jumped into action: The Jew sent a list of his medications. Many volunteers who had these medications or identical ones in their possession (among the volunteers were two doctors and a druggist who took the trouble to provide information about generically identical medicines) volunteered to bring them to him. At the same time, a group in Antwerp went to the man\u2019s house, took his medicine pouch, and brought it to a passenger waiting at the airport, also a member of the group, who was scheduled to fly to Israel on the next flight. Within 12 hours, the forgotten pouch was in Motty\u2019s possession.
\nA family with a premie needs a special formula, available in the US only. They were running out. Panic. A friend told them about Ezer Mizion. Five minutes (!) after posting, a reply appeared. Hands reached out and Detroit, Lakewood, Brooklyn all extended a hand to form a circle of togetherness. In less than one week, the tiny infant was happily sucking away at his imported formula, blissfully unaware of the many who had coordinated its arrival.
\n\u201cLinked to Life\u201d is an innovative initiative of Ezer Mizion, with the participation of about 4,000 people from countries around the world \u2013 Israel, the U.S., Europe, Ukraine, South Africa, and more. The groups deal with about 2,000 tasks a month, all on a fully volunteer basis and with one objective \u2013 to increase chessed among Jews and to help others in any way possible. These What\u2019s App groups connect to and serve to streamline Ezer Mizion\u2019s huge volunteer network, which includes distribution of hot meals, transporting patients and their families, Shabbat meals, and countless other acts of chessed. The truth? I checked them out his week. The speed of the groups\u2019 response is something that is sure to be studied scientifically someday. Within seconds, things began to move. In most cases, a solution for every problem was found almost immediately.
\nIs there a formula for the absolute unity of the Jewish people through national chessed projects and network programs? Judging by the mounting number of people joining \u201cLinked to Life,\u201d it looks like there must be. One thing is for sure: In order to connect Jewish feeling to technology \u2013 you need a high-power motor, which brings us back to \u2013 Ezer Mizion.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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