The Association is a voluntary non-profit organization and is recorded as such by the Israeli appropriate Governmental agency ("Rasham ha-amutot"). The main objectives of the Association are to help its members at its outmost ability in all fields related to their heavy invalidity. This will cover various areas shuch as:
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Legal and practical advice related to receiving from various authorities all their rights.
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Introducing new disabled and helping them to face the practical (logistical and psychological) problems related to their new starus.
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Moral support.
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Help in fund raising logistics for implants abroad.
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Financial help in organizing group excursions intended to moral boosting.
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Supply of up-to-date information in relevant fields (medical, dietetics, rights), as we publish a highly appreciated quaterly with full cooperation of professionals (doctors, dieticians, lawyers).
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Supply round the clock availability (by phone, fax,) for advice and help.
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Organizing two semi-annual meetings for all our members to keep in touch with them, to up-date them on the Associations activities and to up-keep the democratic management of the Association.
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And many other side-objectives that enable the function of our organization, such as fund-raising to the full benefit of our members.
It could be mentioned here that all our management group (president, vice-president, finance officer and two more members) act as voluntars on their own time. We pay only for minimal necessary services such as a part-time secretary and basic financial and legal advice services (also given to us at specially low expences).