Dear friends, here is status of our Children of Sderot project. We have renovated a bomb shelter that used by the children of Sderot as a club for free-time activities and in the time of emergency. During emergency according to the rules of Israeli civil defense the shelter can be used by general population as well. The club is used by the "Mish'ol" program which provides services to the whole Neveh-Eshkol neighborhood.

Size of the room: Flooring 40m2
Other big work items:

• *Toilet bowl + cleaning of the sewage system by electric pump
• Air conditioner 3 hp*
• Replacement of the electric system*
• Kitchen cabinets + counter + sink + tiling
• *Tiling of bathroom walls 8m2
• VENTA ventilation system 8” x 3 units
• Painting*
• Communication and electric outlets*
• T.V. + D.V.D*
• 30 Chairs + 4 Tables+ Cabinet*
• Metal gate*
• * Equipment (Notice boards, Pictures…)

Before:

After:----------------------------------------------------------------

Baruch Youssin our brave and careful representative in Israel documents the project and comments on work items:

The air-conditioner had to be a special one for a bomb shelter. The walls are painted with a paint allowed for the bomb shelters: it does not create dust during explosions. It is not as nice as the paint used inside buildings usually but functionality first.

The ventilation fan which is a part of ventilation system which was another
big ticket: you can see it on the wall in one of the large ventilation holes
with cover hanging below it. (I think the cover is supposed to be used in case of a gas attack.)



The sewage pump was a big ticket in the renovations. It automatically pumps the sewage up to the sewage system. Toilet was just a hole in the floor. Kitchenette is not yet installed because the company that was hired to do this, went bankrupt. That's life in Sderot: everybody suffers. They were not paid, so there is no financial loss but only a delay.