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thrivacious
thrivacious is a community of English-speaking women in Israel who have been touched by any type of cancer (“Thrivers”), who inspire each other to heal and achieve their dreams. We bring together creativity, community and wellness in a cutting edge way so that these women can engage, react and support each other. Thrivacious aims to […]
End of Year 2018
we invite you to learn more about our projects we did this year: End on Year 2018 […]
Aiding Holocaust Survivors over the Jewish Holidays
Aiding Holocaust Survivors over the Jewish Holidays This year, as in every year over the past nine years, at Rosh Ha’Shana (Jewish New Year) and Pesach (Passover), the Galila Foundation provides financial support to 320 holocaust and WW2 ghetto survivors from northern Israel towns including Carmiel, Safed, Acre, Shlomi, Nahariya, Ma’alot and Hatzor. On the […]
Housing Renovations for Holocaust Survivors
Housing Renovations for Holocaust Survivors A joint-project between the Galila Foundation and the “Siyua La’chaim” (aid for life) program of “Latet” organization, over 300 apartments housed by holocaust and WW2 ghetto survivors have been renovated and equipped this year. As part of this project, Galila staff and volunteers visited and recorded the living conditions of […]
Day Center for the elderly residents of Kibbutz Hanita
Day Center for the elderly residents of Kibbutz Hanita A family from Holland funded the activities at the Day Center for the elderly residents of Kibbutz Hanita. Galila was delighted to facilitate this process and be involved in ensuring that the veteran pioneers of the Galilee region are cared for in the most appropriate manner […]
Summer Camp – My Piece of the Puzzle
Summer Camp – My Piece of the Puzzle A summer camp adventure for children with special needs who study in special educational systems in the Galilee, in which at-risk youths are also integrated, is a special project of “My Piece of the Puzzle”. The summer camp is a unique project in which youths who come […]
The ‘Knafayim’ Summer Activity
The ‘Knafayim’ Summer Activity This program is aimed at 30 kids with special needs and/or physically and/or mentally-challenged situation, coming from the rural Eastern Galilee communities in the Merom Hagalil region. Initiated by the regional community center social workers, this summer activity ensures that these children will be able to participate in specially-designed program including, […]
Krembo Wings (“Knafayim shel Krembo”)
Krembo Wings (“Knafayim shel Krembo”) This year, once again, the Galila Foundation partnered with “Knafayim Shel Krembo” (Krembo Wings) a nationwide youth movement for children with special needs. Galila’s funded this program courtesy of a US foundation and the activities held for 30 physically and mentally challenged teens and young adults in the Matte Asher […]
EvroNet
EvroNet The women’s netball team of the Matte Asher rural communities in the Western Galilee was supported by Galila, as part of our goal to strengthen the communities. The participants are all mothers and girls who come together from the Kibbutzim and Moshavim (rural villages) in the region. Thanks to the funds raised, this netball […]
Amirim High School
Amirim High School The Amirim High school in Kfar Veradim opened a new, English Corner in the school. This quiet corner is filled with English books and the school students can visit and read there at any time during school hours. The refurbishment of this educational venture was funded by an anonymous US donor to […]
“Simcha LaYeled” (Joy for the Child) at the Galilee Medical Center and Ziv Medical Center
“Simcha LaYeled” (Joy for the Child) at the Galilee Medical Center and Ziv Medical Center The “Shimcha La’yeled” organization operates in hospitals around Israel for the benefit of long-term hospitalized children, with the goal of easing their suffering as much as possible. Eli Kelerman, the CEO of the organization approved our request for a joint […]
Choosing the Galilee
Choosing the Galilee Our ‘Choosing the Galilee’ program is based on the unfortunate fact that there are not enough qualified doctors serving the three hospitals – Nahariya, Safed and Pariah – that cover the entire northern Galilee and Golan Heights region in northern Israel. The program provides scholarships to young medical students as part of […]
“CATS” Seminar for Youth Leadership
“CATS” Seminar for Youth Leadership The “Children as Actors for Transforming Society” program is aimed at young people coming together from all over the world, with the primary aim of changing the face of the younger members of society, by discussing shared values and other social volunteering initiatives. The program was created in 2013 as […]
The Organic ‘Therapy’ Farming on Kibbutz Hukuk
The Organic ‘Therapy’ Farming on Kibbutz Hukuk Kibbutz Hukuk member, Efrat Noy, along with her friends founded the sustainable agriculture farm located close to the shores of Sea of Galilee. ‘Kaima’ is an agriculture farm whose organic products are sold to the region’s population. The crops are seasonal and organic which, on a weekly basis, […]
Alma – Research & Education center, Israel’s Security challenges on the Northern border
Alma – Research & Education center, Israel’s Security challenges on the Northern border The ALMA Center has enjoyed a dramatic year. Since the Center was founded by Lt. Colonel (res.) Sarit Zehavi in 2015, Sarit has personally guided hundreds of tour groups, VIP delegations, politicians, journalists and individuals from around the globe in an experiential session […]
The Nirim youth village
The Nirim youth village Another member of the ‘Galila Fellows’ program is Micha Simbalista, Director of the youth village “Nirim” located at Bustan Ha’Galil on the Western Galilee coastline. There are many youth villages in Israel and all are loyally devoted to the cause of helping endangered youth, but “Nirim” stands out amongst them. The […]
Programs of Excellence for Gifted Children, Shlomi
Programs of Excellence for Gifted Children, Shlomi Dr. Nili Gal Yam, School Principal of the Science & Knowledge Center for Gifted Children in Shlomi, has been a member of the ‘Galila fellows’ program since its initiation. Within the framework of her social initiatives, Nili chose to promote specialized programs which will help to shape the […]
Tennis Academy in the Galilee
Tennis Academy in the Galilee One of Israel’s veteran tennis coaches, Shaul Zohar, a resident of Kiryat Shmona, initiated his Tennis Academy initiative last year and has continued to expand his outreach during 2018. His vision is to help special kids – living with mental and developmental challenges – overcome their ‘disabilities’, using the discipline […]
The Galilee ‘Docu Leaders’ Program
The Galilee ‘Docu Leaders’ Program This is the 6th year of this film-making program, initiated and run by documentary film-maker Vered Osman, who lives in the Western Galilee’s Kibbutz Eilon. This special program brings together 20 teens from communities across the Galilee and provides the instruction and guidance on the creation of documentary films that […]
Adrenaline – a human mosaic of the Galilee
Adrenaline – a human mosaic of the Galilee Sharona Shalev-Mayer founded the Adrenalin Running club 3 years ago, and her social-activist background coupled with her entrepreneurial spirt have, in a relatively short period, turned this sports club into a unique social platform, bringing together the diverse communities living together in the Western Galilee. As soon […]
The ‘New Guardians’: Work and Safeguard
The ‘New Guardians’: Work and Safeguard An amazing total number of 219 groups comprising of 7,092 participants, from high schools across the region, engaged in a volunteer’s program in the Galilee-based farms, designed by Galila and Haushofer Ha’chadash, during 2018. The New Guardians “Ha’shomer Ha’chadash” organization represent the core values of Zionism, devoted to, and […]
Aid for Life program
this is the fourth year Galila Foundation collaborates with the program “Aid for Life” of Latet organization, in which we renovate apartments of Holocaust survivors in need in the North to improve the quality of life and their personal safety and to meet the vital needs arising from the limitations of age, physical condition and […]
Renovation of the geriatric dep. in the Poriya Hospital
Renovation of the geriatric dep. in the Poriya Hospital As part of our support of the ‘Choosing Galilee’ program for young medical students, Galila also supported some of the individual social initiatives of these students. One of these initiatives took place at the geriatric department in the Poriya Hospital, located near the town of Tiberius. […]
Renovation of After-School Centers for at-risk kids
Renovation of After-School Centers for at-risk kids The ‘moadonit’ after-school clubs for children and teens coming from impoverished home environments is a program that Galila has been involved with for almost a decade. Our foundation is committed to supporting these critical facilities through renovation and refurbishment of the many clubs spread across the north of […]
Emergency Fund for the northern Galilee Holocaust Survivors
Emergency Fund for the northern Galilee Holocaust Survivors During the past eight years, the Galila Foundation has managed an exclusive trust-fund for holocaust and WW2 ghetto survivors living in urban and rural communities across the Galilee region of northern Israel. The trust-fund was created for aiding the holocaust and WW2 ghetto survivors in buying basic […]
The Sloviter Assistance Fund for Matte Asher
The Sloviter Assistance Fund for Matte Asher With the longstanding support of a dedicated US donor who wished to direct his donations for the benefit of the Matte Asher regional council’s residents, Galila, in collaboration with Matte Asher’s welfare department staff operate this special fund for the benefit of the community living in the rural […]
The Galilee Emergency Fund
The Galilee Emergency Fund The Galila Foundation initiates and manages a regional fund for supporting those Western Galilee residents with specific financial challenges they are unable to resolve in any other way possible. All applications for support are processed once a month by the Regional Council and Municipalities welfare departments for approval by the fund’s […]
Kedma student village – Tira-El Cohen*
Kedma is a social venture founded and run by a young woman, Tira-El Cohen, who decided to re-energize the Zionist value of relocating to, and living in, a rural village along Israel’s borders – in the south and north. She established groups of students who were keen to combine study and living in a rural […]
United Hatzalah of Israel*
We engaged with the United Hatzalah organization in 2017 and supported a medical emergency first-responders course for volunteers living in the rural communities in the Central Galilee region of Carmiel/Misgave. The important life-saving work of this award-winning NGO cannot be overstated – especially here in the peripheral corners of Israel, where the chances of an […]