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Among the challenges that the COVID-19 period has brought is its effect on the financial situation of the population. The Galila Foundation rose to this challenge by providing much-needed assistance to various projects. • Adoptive Family – The government distributed grants to all of Israel’s residents, without regard to actual needs. Many families who received […]
In 2020, the Galila Foundation continued its cooperation with the My Israel organization, whose vision and mission are to advance social projects – especially those that are welfare related – in the periphery regions of Israel. The program is an initiative of new immigrants from the UK who decided to contribute to Israeli society by […]
H3 Lab is a social startup project that combines the social with the technological. The project’s goal is to enable people who require medical monitoring to undergo it in their own homes without the need for prolonged hospitalization. The project includes development of a device that is operated by a trained professional and that can […]
Shinuy Kivun (“Changing Direction”) is a community organization founded with the goal of helping move the Galilee region forward to a better future. The organization was established by young people from Kiryat Shemona and works in many ways to strengthen weakened communities in the northern periphery by helping them think differently and to envisage a […]
The Tower and Stockade Museum is located at the heart of Kibbutz Hanita. In a stone house on the top of a mountain that overlooks the stunning Western Galilee vista, the museum presents the story of the daring establishment of Hanita as a national operation and part of the broader Tower and Stockade settlements initiative. […]
The Galila Foundation is a partner in the renovation of a restored building in the Cherkassy village, Kfar Kama. The building serves as the municipal library and learning center for the village’s entire community of schoolchildren and students. The project is an initiative by the local authority in cooperation with several bodies, including Israel’s Pais […]
Kfar Kama is a Cherkassy settlement in the Lower Galilee. The youth are educated in the village and all are drafted for meaningful service in the IDF. To bring these young people closer to Israeli society from an early age, an initiative is underway to strengthen soccer in the village. The project is part of […]
Ten years after we established playgrounds in many rural and isolated communities along Israel’s northern border, we have returned to upgrade the surfaces and install shading facilities. Six playgrounds received giant sunshades and synthetic grass this year. The upgrade was made possible thanks to a donation from the Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds. […]
As part of its work for the community, the Beit HaKerem Cluster established a regional control center this year to support environmental enforcement activity. The project is the result of an initiative by the “Maoz HaTsafon” program and the Beit HaKerem Communities Cluster. The regional control center is intended to allow for use of advanced […]
Dear friends and partners, We are happy to share with you the Galila annual report for 2020. To review the report please press the attached link. […]
During the years, we have been helping Ziv Medical Center in Safed with donations that improves the lives of patients who come for treatment. Over a year ago, we met the lovely children’s emergency room director Dr. Dana that every child who sees her smile already feels better. Dr. Dana wanted to decorate the children’s […]
We continue to do good… We thought what could we do to help the staff members children who are in the a daycare in the hospital, and do not get to see their parents, because they are dedicated to caring for patients around the clock? We decided to surprise them with a Xbox and TV […]
On days when uncertainty is everywhere, the hospital’s caregivers work 24/7. The least we could do was equip them with games, so we bought for the patients being treated at the Ziv Medical Center special school in Safed Games and activity equipment. Thanks to Tararam – Kfar Veradim and Inbal for stepping up, thanks to […]
We just had to do something…but during these times, you need others to participate. First, thanks to our wonderful donors who, for the past ten years, have enabled us to provide gift vouchers before Pesach and Rosh Hashana to all of our holocaust and ghetto survivors in the Galil. We are so blessed to have […]
For the second consecutive year, Galila is proud to contribute to a very special social and community initiative, established by Kobi and Miriam Darchi from the community of Kfar Veradim in the Western Galilee. The ‘Life-Line’ camp is aimed at 40 people with special needs and the volunteers which takes place twice a year – […]
Dear friends and partners, We are happy to share with you the Galila annual report for 2019. To review the report please press the attached link. […]
Galila partnered with a US foundation to renovate, refurbish and upgrade a library in the Circassian village of Kfar Kama, located in the central Galilee region in northern Israel. This facility will also function as a learning center for children and adults alike and will also house a space for academic students from the village […]
A special school for kids and teens undergoing psychiatric treatment at the Ziv Medical Center in Zefat, provides these troubled children with a purpose-designed learning center, so that they can simultaneously continue both treatment for various disorders including anorexia etc. as well as continuing with their formal education. These medical conditions of these youngsters are […]
A new initiative, Galila has partnered with My Israel, a non-profit organization raising funds for a number of Galila-developed programs serving the communities in the peripheral regions of Israel. The resources come from donors and foundations the UK and this wonderful initiative, developed by two new immigrants from England, works also on social platforms to […]
A new and important educational initiative, developed by Galila board member Batia Gilad, the Korczak Education Center was established, aimed at teachers and scholars looking to engage with the educational philosophy of the renowned educator, Janusz Korczak. In addition, an international conference was run at Tel Aviv University, bringing together educators and teachers from Israel […]
Established in 1989, the Ma’ayanot education center provides excellent standards of education for 350 children coming there from a range of communities in the Western Galilee. This school focuses on the individual needs of its students and provides a very special atmosphere of excellence and tolerance, enabling the development of each students’ education program. Together […]
Galim is a school for 6-12 years old children with developmental challenges and is a launch-pad for these kids to become integrated into the regular school system in the Matte Asher Regional Council. Galila has helped Galim on various initiatives over the years. This year, we assisted with construction of an animals petting-zoo on the […]
The Chesed Fund’s vision is to connect good people who can help good people who need help. The fund was founded on a voluntary basis by a wonderful group of Maalot residents who manage the many applications that are addressed to them: Assistance to the needy, new immigrants, the elderly, Holocaust survivors and anyone in […]
The ‘moadonit’ after-school club for children and teens from the new immigrant ‘Bnai-Menashe’ community living in Ma’alot is a vital program that Galila has chosen to support this year. Our foundation is committed to supporting these after-school facilities through renovation and refurbishment of the many clubs spread across the north of Israel. The condition of […]
The ‘tranquil room’ project Gvanim is a very special regional school for the children coming there from the Matte Asher Regional Council’s rural communities, located across the Western Galilee region.This school is inter-connected on the same campus together with two other schools for special needs children. The daily integration between all of the young children […]
The Otto Hirsch Park – Shavei Zion Otto Hirsch was Director of the Jewish Representative Council during the Nazi regime in Germany. Hirsch was a public sector attorney in the city of Stuttgart and was one of the leaders of the Central Committee for Jewish citizens in Germany as well as a dedicated Zionist within […]
Supporting the ‘Bnai Menashe’ children’s home in Ma’alot The Bnai Menashe community are immigrants who arrived from northern India and Burma a decade ago, and many families were absorbed in the town of Ma’a lot. This community needed special attention and services from day one to ensure their successful integration in the town. The children’s […]
Science & Knowledge Center for Gifted Children, Shlomi Dr. Nili Gal Yam, Director of the Science and Knowledge Center in Shlomi, has been a member of the Galila Fellows Program since its inception, and the 2018-19 school year was full of activities and initiatives that enriched the lives of the children of the North studying […]
The Display Renovation & Refurbishment Project – Kibbutz Hanita The ‘Fort & Stockade’ Museum is located at the heart of this veteran kibbutz, located along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. The stone house overlooks a breathtaking view of the Western Galilee region and tells the story of the original pioneers who established Hanita in 1936. The […]
Just before Seder night, we finished handing out holiday gift cards to the hundreds of Holocaust survivors we have been caring for for the last 8 years. The numbers go down from year to year, but the excitement of meeting them, embracing, asking for their safety and showing them that there are those who think […]
