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Saving a child’s heart– and hearing

When Lori and Doron Bacher went in search of a young Ethiopian woman they hosted 15 years ago while she was undergoing life-saving treatment, they found they were able to help her with further surgery...

Ethipian
Photo by: Doron Bacher
Back in 1997, Ra’anana residents Lori and Doron Bacher were asked to open their home to children brought to Israel to undergo heart surgery.

With four young children of their own, the Bachers already had their hands full and might easily have refused – but that isn’t their style. “If we can help improve someone else’s life, then why not?” is something the two are fond of saying, and they are willing to put that saying into practice.

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