Personal Assistant for your first weeks
Your personal liaison officer, known in Hebrew as a “melaveh” can become your trustworthy Aliyah companion. They will listen sympathetically to all of your ordeals, give experienced advice, and help steer you to reliable service providers. They can also act as you’re your personal secretary by setting up appointments for you, translate into understandable English, and if needed, can actually run around or accompany you to the various offices.
The Paveway liaison officers (escorts) are olim themselves who have already navigated the system and learned the hard way from personal experience. They are often trained professionals with expertise in one or more areas. Paveway hand selected them as being street smart, sensitive, and caring individuals. The Paveway staff will try to match you up with a companion who is of similar background so you feel comfortable calling upon them.
A) The oleh does not feel overwhelmed that they have to go about making Aliyah all by themselves!
B) You feel less stressed just knowing that someone “has your back”.
C) The melaveh has “been there, done that”already. They can spare you much aggravation and help save you valuable time, money and energy.
D) They have your best interest in mind (unlike some greedy storekeepers) and can help you make wise decisions.
E) They can physically go with you to run your errands to translate and negotiate on your behalf.
F) You can confidently send a trustworthy person to carry out personal errands for you even if you can’t be there yourself. This is a service of immeasurable value, only for Paveway members.
The Israeli system that professes to love Aliyah unfortunately seems very unsympathetic to the olim themselves. There is much beauracracy and red tape that must be dealt with. The oleh sometimes feels like a “case” instead of a person and their particular situation is rejected with cold law protocol instead of understanding the spirit of the law. The melaveh can help you solve some technical problems and be there emotionally for you but don’t expect miracles.
After the initial free consultation, you may decide to book an appointment with a Paveway liaison officer by phone, zoom or in person to discuss your specific needs. When necessary, you may then further reserve a future block of time with your personal melaveh. Payment is through the website or Paveway office.
