Kav Lachayim - a Social Movement for Improving and Saving of Life in Israel קו לחיים
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Mission Statement
KAV LACHAYIM is a social movement founded in 1989 for the purpose of helping children and others suffering from serious illnesses, complex disabilities, and rare syndromes.
About This Cause
Kav Lachayim's goals are: - To create a social change in the attitude of society towards the disabled and sick people, through joint fun activities organized by Kav Lachayim for disabled children together with healthy volunteer youth. - To save lives of sick people, through fund raising for those who need medical treatment abroad and cannot afford it, as well as through operating a virtual pharmacy selling saving-life medications at a cost basis with no margins or profit. Kav Lachayim's activities are based on thousands of youth volunteers, as well as professionals and public figures who support Kav Lachayim and assist sick and people with dissabilities in Israel. Kav Lachayim organizes various activities aimed to improve the quality of life of children with disabilities and their families which include: - leisure activities for kids in the afternoon all year around; - Shabbat or a long weekends once in every several weeks in various communities in Israel, during which the children meet local healthy youth and make connections with the hosting families at the community; - day camps and summer camps for hundreds of children with disabilities. - Bar-mitzva and bat-mitzva event for children ages 12-13, which includes an exciting party, as well as a tour to Jerusalem in which the kids are put in the center and feel "stars" for one day; - trips all over Israel and other fun activities for the children. While the children are busy with Kav Lachayim activities, their parents can relax for a while, away from the intensive daily care of the disabled child, and enjoy some free time with other members of their family. All of Kav Lachayim activities are being performed with the participation and assistance of hundreds of healthy youth volunteers who accompany the children during all activities throughout the year. Each child has his own personal tutor who spends time with him during the afternoons, goes with him to café's, sport games, watch movies in the cinema, performances in the theatre, and accompanies him in case of hospitalization. The personal relationship between the disabled children and their healthy brothers, contributes to the volunteers and their social development no less than the contribution to the disabled children, and they become better residents to the Israeli society. In recent years, Kav Lachyaim has also been organizing special activities for Kav Lachayim’s adult children (21 and older) customized to meet their developing needs (which are different of those of the children). Special trips, vacations and fun activities were conducted focusing on their unique abilities and needs.