EDEN Association for the Promotion of Educational, Social and Cultural Projects in the Northern Negev – New Start
New Start is the first program in Israel to assist young traumatized women who lack family support (aged 18-25) to integrate effectively into the labor market. This innovative residency program offers a holistic response that includes career counseling, employability skills advancement, and a job integration process, alongside trauma-oriented therapy. The program’s primary goal is to address this population’s unique combination of needs and to help them integrate successfully in the job market and maintain long-term employment.
LA’OFEK- Hope for the Future- Achotenu
Achotenu-Nachshonim enables Ethiopian-Israeli women gain entry to and successfully complete academic studies and then find stable employment in the paramedical field. Achotenu in nursing. Nachshonim in occupational therapy. Graduates are in-demand professionals who are able to achieve financial stability.
IT WORKS- Single Mothers Project – From Poverty to Success.
The Single Mothers Economic Advancement program provides single mothers’ with the concrete skills they need to find suitable employment. The program is designed for women who are the sole providers in their households and currently live in poverty. IT WORKS’ unique model empowers single mothers and their households through vocational trainings. The women are then able to secure positions above minimum wage which serves to secure their future and that of their families.
TURNING THE TABLES- Creating a Future
Creating a Future is a rehabilitative school for fashion trades, providing professional, personal, and economic advancement of women on the continuum of prostitution. The program includes comprehensive psychosocial treatment. It is intended for adult women aged 18 and over, and is attended by about 100 women a year in Haifa and Tel Aviv. The groundbreaking program has been operating successfully in collaboration with the National Insurance Institute and is currently in its’ fifth year.
ATID BAMIDBAR -Employment Empowerment for Bedouin Women
The multi-level program: 1) Will prepare ten 18-yr-old Bedouin young women for academic studies by strengthening their Hebrew, math & English, 2) Provide 35 Bedouin mothers with training in Hebrew, sewing and tourism, extracting them from poverty and enabling them to earn a stable, significant salary from culturally-adapted work. This will directly impact on their 50-100 children, while they will serve as a role models for other Bedouin women.
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR WOMEN – A Business of One’s Own
The program has been running successfully for 22 years while constantly being revised, and expanded to reach new populations. The program provides a comprehensive approach to helping low-income and marginalized women reach economic independence through self-employment. The program is run in cooperation with local municipalities. It includes large and small group meetings, as well as personal consultations, which help women from the social and geographic periphery in Israel, improve their economic situation by empowering them with business knowledge and skills that are needed to begin their own micro-enterprises and personal belief in themselves and their capabilities. We are requesting support for two courses, one in Hebrew and one in Arabic to help us reach our goal of 8-10 courses in the coming year.
OLIM BEYACHAD -Ariela Group Program for Excellence in STEM
The program serves Ethiopian-Israeli girls from Petach Tikva who have been identified as possessing potential for excellence in STEM. Participants begin the program in 7th grade and continue through 12th grade with the goal of successfully completing the full 5-unit high school matriculation exams in mathematics, which serves as a key to acceptance to prestigious universities and majors. Participants take part in after-school group mathematics lessons twice weekly, receive special tutoring when needed and take part in enrichment workshops on various topics, with a focus on STEM studies
PROJECTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SPIRIT OF ISRAEL:
KNAFAIM (Wings)
Knafaim is a key program of the Jewish Agency for Israel which provides financial support and counseling to young immigrants (olim) who have come to Israel alone to serve in the IDF. The program supports the olim during and after their army service. Our funding will focus on helping young women after their army service develop financial independence by offering counseling on financial management, career choices and higher education. The project is headquartered in Tel Aviv serving young women throughout Israel.
YOUTH FUTURES- program for Prevention of Domestic Violence
Youth Futures is a project of the Jewish Agency for Israel, which operates in thirty-six locations throughout Israel focusing on improving the lives of children and families at risk through the work of local mentors. Our support enables the special training of the mentors to recognize signs of family violence and then to counsel and support the mothers involved to develop economic independence through employment. Israel Lions of Judah supports this program in Kiryat Gat.
ALMA – Pre-military Preparatory Program for the Advancement of Women’s Leadership
Alma established in order to provide young women with leadership potential coming from the socio-economic periphery, the opportunity to grow, advance and contribute to the State of Israel. The participants go through an exciting transformation process of discovering their own personal abilities, decision-making capabilities and possibilities to advance in society. At the end of the six month program participants are encouraged and enabled to join the IDF in positions that provide them with leadership opportunities and life skills. Serving in such positions will help them to enter Israeli society successfully. The project is located in Jerusalem. As part of the program, the young women volunteer in a variety of programs in the area.
PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CANADIAN HADASSAH WIZO
SAFETY NET PROGRAM- Break the cycle of domestic violence, empowering victims of domestic violence.
The SAFETY NET PROGRAM, at-risk women and children are given a chance at a new life, starting over safely, with the support in place to break the cycle of violence. To empower women to achieve economic security and long-term financial independence through individual and group coaching, mentorship and specialty workshops as well as opportunities for career counselling, job training and repairing credit.
Special Grant for empowering women
The Arieh Yehuda Israel Foundation supports women volunteers in their community, such as those who were part of the projects supported by the foundation, who have an aspiration to advance and develop.
It is given to women who have overcome many difficulties, distress, and obstacles on the way to success and self-fulfillment, and it recognizes and appreciates their volunteering, their exceptional efforts and their determination on the road to success.