The Jaffa Institute
The Jaffa Institute: Advancing the Health, Welfare and Education of Israel's Most Impoverished
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About The Jaffa Institute
The Jaffa Institute was established in 1982 as a private, non-profit, community-based, multi-service, social agency to assist young children and their families regardless of religious or ethnic background.
Our programs are aimed at culturally, socially, and economically disadvantaged children and their parents from the areas of Jaffa, South Tel Aviv, Holon and Bat Yam. The Institute believes that educational enrichment alone is not enough. Lasting change is only possible when educational enrichment is coupled with a greater sense of self-worth that allows children to realize that their dreams are attainable.
The Institute maintains 5 after school program sites created to keep the children in our service area off the streets. In addition to a hot lunch and help with homework, more than 50% of the children receive personal counseling in response to difficulties they experience – learning and other. This service is provided through the Jaffa Institute's Therapeutic Clinic which practices verbal, game, shiatsu and animal therapy. During evening hours, the sites are used for parental seminars that provide valuable tools to obtain better job opportunities and cope with family responsibilities.
The Institute also runs a Crisis Intervention Center, which provides a warm home for children who are removed from their homes by welfare authorities due to severe parental neglect and abuse; The Beit Ruth Hostel for At-Risk Girls, rehabilitating troubled teenage girls between the ages of 13-18; The Food Distribution Center, serving needy families residing in Tel Aviv and Jaffa; and College Scholarships.
The doors of the Jaffa Institute are open to any child. The multi-ethnic integration occurring in the after school programs encouraged The Jaffa Institute to develop Building Better Bridges - an educational program, designed to broaden the horizons of the children by opening a door to understanding, tolerance and respect of other cultures.
Our programs are aimed at culturally, socially, and economically disadvantaged children and their parents from the areas of Jaffa, South Tel Aviv, Holon and Bat Yam. The Institute believes that educational enrichment alone is not enough. Lasting change is only possible when educational enrichment is coupled with a greater sense of self-worth that allows children to realize that their dreams are attainable.
The Institute maintains 5 after school program sites created to keep the children in our service area off the streets. In addition to a hot lunch and help with homework, more than 50% of the children receive personal counseling in response to difficulties they experience – learning and other. This service is provided through the Jaffa Institute's Therapeutic Clinic which practices verbal, game, shiatsu and animal therapy. During evening hours, the sites are used for parental seminars that provide valuable tools to obtain better job opportunities and cope with family responsibilities.
The Institute also runs a Crisis Intervention Center, which provides a warm home for children who are removed from their homes by welfare authorities due to severe parental neglect and abuse; The Beit Ruth Hostel for At-Risk Girls, rehabilitating troubled teenage girls between the ages of 13-18; The Food Distribution Center, serving needy families residing in Tel Aviv and Jaffa; and College Scholarships.
The doors of the Jaffa Institute are open to any child. The multi-ethnic integration occurring in the after school programs encouraged The Jaffa Institute to develop Building Better Bridges - an educational program, designed to broaden the horizons of the children by opening a door to understanding, tolerance and respect of other cultures.
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