החיים במעברת 'שער העלייה' וההתיישבות בשכונת 'מקור חיים' בירושלים

When we came to Israel, we were in tents. And…(for) a month. Then…they brought us food, and we stayed there for a month. After a month, they came…they said to my mother, “where do you want to go?”. She said to them, “Jerusalem”. “Why in Jerusalem?” (they asked). “My sister is there,” (she answered). “My sister came before me, and I want to be with her.” And she came to the transit camp…we stayed in the transit camp for seven years. (He) looked for a place (to live)…(but) there wasn’t (a place we could) go into. They dug a place so that we could go into and urinate, urinate and do something. And when there wasn’t water, I would go to Makor Haim to bring water for my mother. My mother…wanted…she went to work. And I would bring everything. The food…so there would be food at home. I (would) go to school. I went with (took) my brother to kindergarten. I would […] him…when we finished, I would bring him. I would run…when the water would come, I would run and run and run to bring water so that my mother would come and find that she had (water). She would go to work so that she could have money. Have money…so that she could buy us everything that we needed.