We are located in the old Central bus station area of Tel Aviv, known as "Neveh Shanan". This area is the home of Tel Aviv's red light district which contains about 200 houses of prostitution.

But prostitution is not the only vice that has found its resting place here. Neveh Shanan also hosts gambling, on line casinos, Mafia, drug trade, and sexual slavery.

Very similar to a bunker or bomb shelter in a front lines war situation, we have what we call "The Underground". This is a 300 square meter basement complex that provides food, clothing, and a safe resting place. At present our focus is on those with the greatest need of assistance.....prostitutes and street women.

Not that we don't want to help men, but there is a huge difference between a woman on the street and a man on the street. The largest of which is the obvious fact that a man is not usually selling his body 10 or 15 times a day in order to survive and pay for his habit (and still live on the street). Neither is he afraid of things like getting raped or abused.

Photos by Eddie Gerald