Built some 40 years ago, the center is located in this crowded Neighborhood with thousands of immigrants from the former soviet block. The center needs renovation including infrastructure systems, water, electricity, air-conditioning, communication, and addition of new equipment, computers, furniture, and modern media means.

The Bat Galim neighbourhood in Haifa exists since 1920's. The only commuity center with its library provides an important cultural and educational services for the entire community which consists of 5,000 inhabitants, 70% of whom are new immigrants.

The Pediatric Surgery Department of Bnai Zion Medical Center is the leading department of its kind in northern Israel and serves as a referral center for all children (ages 0 - 18 years)  in Haifa and the north.

Of Haifa's approximately 270,000 residents, about 18% are 65 years old and above. In 1992, in response to this population's special needs, the Maccabi Healthcare Services' central Haifa branch established a Daycare Center for the Elderly. The program directly benefits 140 individuals whose average age is 75.

During the Second Lebanon War of July-August 2006, the Hezbollah targeted The City of Haifa. City officials worked around the clock out of the Zion Hotel in Haifa, whose first two floors were converted into a makeshift Municipal Emergency Headquarters. Meanwhile, Magen David Adom (MDA) management and ambulance dispatchers were forced to quickly evacuate their street-level headquarters; they lugged the entire communications system downstairs into their building's cramped basement, converting it into an improvised MDA Emergency Command & Control Center.

Half a dozen neighborhood-based soup kitchens are distributed throughout The City, serving hot, full-course lunches to the needy, among them elderly and disabled people, who rely on the program for their main meal of the day. With additional funding, many more hungry and impoverished city residents would be reached.