An elderly couple returned to their home on Sunday, after storm damages forced them to stay elsewhere, thanks to many helping hands of locals who offered assistance in renovating the couple's house.
During the massive storm that hit Israel earlier in December, a great fire broke out in the Ashkelon residentce of Ephraim and Esther Yohanan, both in their 70s, due to storm-induced short circuit.
The fire that engulfed the Yohanans' apartment had destroyed all their belongings. "I felt like my life was over", Ephraim said. The couple, however, did not take into account the numerous well-wishers who heard about the incident and offered to help the two rebuild their lives.
While the couple moved temporarily to a hotel room paid by the Ashkelon municipality, residents of the city came to offer their help: contractors volunteered to contribute where they could, others brought the couple new furniture, and the "Shafir" housing rehabilitation company volunteered to renovate the house's foundations all free of charge.
By Sunday night, some 20 days after the fire broke out, the apartment was completely renovated and no trace of the fire that had devastated the Yohanans' home was left.
Volunteers help elderly couple renovate burned down house - Israel News, Ynetnews
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During the massive storm that hit Israel earlier in December, a great fire broke out in the Ashkelon residentce of Ephraim and Esther Yohanan, both in their 70s, due to storm-induced short circuit.
The fire that engulfed the Yohanans' apartment had destroyed all their belongings. "I felt like my life was over", Ephraim said. The couple, however, did not take into account the numerous well-wishers who heard about the incident and offered to help the two rebuild their lives.
While the couple moved temporarily to a hotel room paid by the Ashkelon municipality, residents of the city came to offer their help: contractors volunteered to contribute where they could, others brought the couple new furniture, and the "Shafir" housing rehabilitation company volunteered to renovate the house's foundations all free of charge.
By Sunday night, some 20 days after the fire broke out, the apartment was completely renovated and no trace of the fire that had devastated the Yohanans' home was left.
Volunteers help elderly couple renovate burned down house - Israel News, Ynetnews
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