Eshet Chayil is an initiative born out of the desire of a group of women who work for two well-known and highly respected community institutions in Mexico, Yesod Haolam and Yad Vashem, to do something proactive in times of war. As women who have their husbands and children at home and within close reach, it's heartbreaking to imagine how women in Israel are holding up, having their husbands, brothers, sons, and daughters reporting to duty and giving up their entire lives to fight evil, a wickedness like we have not seen before. We watch in disbelief from afar and truly feel for them, hurt for them, cry for them, pray for them.

They are not alone in this battle.

But we have also felt the need to do something more meaningful for them, and for us as well. So, we came up with a plan, and Eshet Chayil was created. We started raising money in Mexico, Chile, Vancouver and the cities of San Diego, Miami and Dallas, and with these funds we are working with Latin-American women living in Israel to arrange care packages to be delivered to women who have a husband or son or daughter at the war front right now. We have two main goals for this initiative. One is to let these beautiful and brave women know that someone far away is thinking of them and what they are going through, that are not alone in this battle. Second, because the products included in these care packages are sold or made by women in Israel who financially help and support their households, by acquiring these products from them, we are trying to help in Israel’s current economic emergency. By early November of this article, we have raised enough funds to deliver around six hundred packages with a thirty- dollar price tag each.

A tiny ray of light and hope.

The first care packages have been delivered and will continue to be distributed by different groups of women throughout different parts of Israel in the following weeks. Each package also includes a card with a heartfelt message and the email address of the person who kindly donated the care package, in case women on the receiving end in Israel would like to contact their donor to thank them personally. It´s a beautiful and heartfelt project and we will continue to raise funds, adding other parts of the world to reach as many women as possible. We know that Israel and the worldwide Jewish community is taking care of the basic needs of Israeli citizens and our soldiers. We, on the other hand, aim to bring a tiny ray of light and hope into the lives and hearts of these amazingly fearless women, who have on their shoulders the full weight of their Jewish households. May G-d guard them, bless them and keep them and their families safe.