Training for "Lev Rachel"

A woman suffering from cancer can share much of how she feels as a woman, wife and mother in a simple phone call to Beit Natan’s telephone hotline. ā€œLev Rachelā€, Beit Natan’s telephone hotline, is manned exclusively by volunteers, mostly recovered cancer patients. Volunteers undergo special training in our 1 week program given and supervised by social work professionals.

 

E. is one of ā€œLev Rachel’sā€ volunteers, who together manage more than 500 phone calls a year from women around the country who need to unburden their hearts to someone else who ā€˜understands.’

 

ā€œI remember once I received a phone call from a woman. I was able to offer her more than professional advice and a listening ear. I could also offer her friendship.ā€