Fun In Jerusalem

Top Thirteen Places for Teens to Volunteer in Jerusalem this Summer: By a&a

Amit

Hazon Yeshaya

Kav Lachayim

Meir Panim

Shachen Tov

Shalva

Yad Eliezer

Yad Sarah

Melabev

Shalva

6 Ibn Denan st.
02-651-9555
info@shalva.org

Shalva provides services to more than 500 participants with special needs, including infants, children, adolescents and young adults via a plethora of tailored programs and round-the-clock therapies, seven days a week. Shalva accompanies the child and his/her family from birth to adulthood. Individual programs are designed so that each participant reaches his/her full potential. By placing an emphasis on social interaction, the special needs child can better integrate into the community.

יד אליעזר  Yad Eliezer

Polansky14,Jerusalem.
02-581-3370
 
This organization helps families and individuals suffering from financial hardship, by providing material assistance in the form of loans, grants, counseling and monthly distribution of the basic food items.

חזון ישעיה  Hazon Yeshaya

Rashi 60,Jerusalem
02-538-1411
Sunday to Thursday 8:30am-13:30pm
volunteers@hazonyeshaya.org

Hazon Yeshaya is a leading humanitarian organization that is fighting poverty and hunger by encouraging and supporting Hazon Yeshaya Soup Kitchens in Israel. Hazon yeshaya is an organization dedicated to providing daily, hot, nourishing meals to people of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds, immigrants and locals, healthy and ill, as well as children from broken or abusive homes, battered women fleeing abusive relationships, Holocaust survivors, and victims of terror and their families. The volunteers cook, peel, bake and set the tables and also serve the food.

מאיר פנים    Meir Panim  

Yirmiyahu 78, Jerusalem
02-501-1444
office@mifalchaim.org

Meir Panim’s food and social service programs help to alleviate the harmful realities of poverty in the short-term and provide long-term, proactive solutions to assist needy Israelis to break out of the cycle of poverty and become active, self-sufficient members of Israeli society.

שכן טוב  Shachen Tov(“The good neighbor association”)

shachentov.org@yahoo.com
052-5389991

The “Good Neighbor Association” provides food to approximately 1000 families around the country. Each week, the volunteers collect closed food packages from grocery stores and schools, and bring it to a distribution center. The volunteers then organize the food in boxes and drive them to the families’ houses. Coffee shops “on wheels”. The “Good Neighbor Association” operates coffee shops for those who are unable to leave their home by themselves, and for those who are unable to leave the institution which they reside in.

The volunteers come to these locations and operate a coffee shop for the benefit of the tenants in the home. The volunteers function as waiters and serve hot/cold beverages and pastry, which a local coffee shop donates each week. Usually, some sort of social activity is integrated into the coffee shop, such as singing, games, or arts and crafts. The coffee shops are located in Jerusalem, Beit She’an and Be’er Sheva.

Coffee Shop for youth at risk: The “Good Neighbor Association” operates a regular coffee shop in Jerusalem’s in a neighborhood which is mainly populated by lower-income families and by immigrants from Ethiopia, and the Former Soviet Union. The coffee shop provides food and hot/cold beverages at low prices and the volunteers, function as waiters. The volunteers serve as a sympathetic ear for the youth. The goal of this activity is to provide the teenagers in this neighborhood with a friendly, safe and affordable place to relax, to mediate between the teenagers and social services workers and to take them off of the street and keep them out of trouble.

יד שרה   Yad Sarah

Department of Volunteer Coordination at 02-644-4411 (Fax 02-644-4496).
volunteering@yadsarah.org.il
Arnonam@yadsarah.org.il

Yad Sarah gives its volunteers ongoing training, guidance and a feeling of belonging to one big, warm family. There are also special social and cultural activities for volunteers. Thousands of people find challenge, satisfaction and pleasure in volunteering at Yad Sarah. If you want to volunteer: Walk into the Yad Sarah branch nearest your home, or call.

Tourists who want to volunteer:
If you are here for an extended period and would like to volunteer, Call Yad Sarah and talk about the possibilities. Be aware that the minimal commitment required for overseas volunteers is three months, elementary Hebrew skills are essential, and that Yad Sarah does not provide accommodation.

איל”ן  ILAN

מרכז איל”ן ILAN Center:
רח’ י.ל. גורדון 9 תל-אביב 63458
03-5248141 
ilan@ilan-israel.co.il

ILAN, Israel’s Foundation for the Handicapped, cares for thousands of physically impaired adults and children suffering from diseases that affect the muscles and nerves such as cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and other neuromuscular diseases. ILAN enables those it cares for to enjoy cultural activities, such as wheelchair dance, ‘youth encounters’, and theatre.  Focusing on providing solutions for those special needs which are not catered for by the official authorities, ILAN arranges grants to the disabled and their families for the purchase of essential rehabilitative and educational equipment. To volunteer for ILAN, apply to ILAN Center and you will be directed to the branch or area of activity in your own community that is most suited to you.

Kav Lachayim

15 Gonen St. Petach tikva.
03-9250500

“Kav Lachayim” was established in 1989 and persists ever since in assisting disabled children who suffer cancer, muscular dystrophy, cerebral paralysis, and other chronic diseases. Thousands of members and volunteers of this organization are involved in improving the social quality of life of the sick children and their families, trying to respond to a variety of special needs. “Kav Lachayim’s” motto is “A slight smile of happiness will conquer a huge disease”.”kav Lachayim” activates thousands of healthy young people volunteering with sick people of similar ages, developing social responsibility among young people and fortifying Israel’s social strength.

Amit

15 Yad Harutzim,Jerusalem
02-673-8360
joffice@amit.org.il

AMIT enables Israel’s youth to realize their potential and strengthens Israeli society by educating and nurturing children from diverse backgrounds within a framework of academic excellence, religious values and Zionist ideals. Founded in 1925, AMIT operates more than 70 schools, youth villages, surrogate family residences and other programs, constituting Israel’s only government-recognized network of religious Jewish education incorporating academic and technological studies.

משפחה אחת One Family

28 Rachel Imenu, Jerusalem
02-539-9000
info@onefamilyfund.org
OneFamily collects not only money, but all human resources – bringing together people who have suffered through terror attacks, along with caring people who thankfully haven’t. Onefamily connects people in Israel with people in almost every country around the world. Onefamily responds just as any loving family member should.

Ezrat Avot

7 Tarmab Street

Tamara: 052-479-9839

Ezrat Avot is looking for volunteers on most afternoons throughout the summer from approx. 2:30-4:30pm to help package hot meals for our Senior-to-Senior program. The meals are delivered for free to sick, homebound, and financially strained elderly throughout Jerusalem. Please call Tamara: 052-479-9839 or e-mail: tamara@ezratavot.org if you can help.

Yad LaKashish

Located behind Safra Square (14 Shivtei Yisrael St.)

(02) 628-7829

Yad LaKashish is a non-profit organization that provides creative work opportunities and support services to over 300 needy elderly and disabled Jerusalem residents. VOLUNTEER IN OUR CARPENTRY WORKSHOP where you will have the opportunity to use your woodworking skills and be a part of Yad LaKashish’s tzedakah and chesed activities. Come in one day a week or every day! Sunday-Thursday, 8:30 am-12 pm. For more information, please contact Elana: (02) 628-7829 or lifeline@netvision.net.il

Melabev

Plugat Hatankim 4, Jerusalem

Volunteer Coordinator: Naomi Edelman: 052-7203039

melabev1@gmail.com
Melabev provides day care and home care for elders in Jerusalem ( and Beit Shemesh) who have some form of dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease. In one of Melabev’s 9 day care centers volunteers of all ages can socialize with the elders and help out during some of the specialized activities such as art therapy,dance therapy, pet therapy, gardening therapy, or computer therapy. They can also come to share a specific talent of theirs such as playing an instrument. Melabev runs groups in English, Hebrew or Russian. It’s a great place to practice Hebrew by talking to the elders. At Melabev we concentrate on what the elders are able to do and try to give them a fun, exciting , meaningful day. Giving them an opportunity to share their lives with others such as teenagers letting them teach about history of this country helps give meaning to their lives.