Yad Rachel
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Mission Statement
Yad Rachel is a leading NGO in the development and implementation of educational and therapeutic programs that assist children at risk and their families in Israel to successfully cope with the challenges of life.
About This Cause
Yad Rachel was established in the early 1980’s by three educators and social workers who immigrated to Israel from France: Mrs. Micheline Trèves z”l, Mrs. Marlène Grebler z”l and Mrs. Lili Weil who currently serves as president of Yad Rachel. The three women wanted to provide under privileged children from the Katamonim neighborhood in Jerusalem the same educational opportunities that they would wish for their own children and grandchildren. Yad Rachel began as a small center offering remedial instruction to the neighborhood children and gradually developed into a national network of Educational Therapy and Parent-Child Centers serving 1,800 children and their families. Yad Rachel’s facilities operate in Jerusalem, Lod, Ramle, Bat-Yam, Beitar Illit, and the Regional Councils of Lachish, Shafir, Yoav, Hof Ashkelon, and Gush Etzion. Our main purpose is to build and implement a leading and innovative educational and therapeutic approach, based on compassion and inclusion, to create the protected, enriching, and experiential and space for children and their families and to empower in them in the belief that they’re able to build themselves a better future. Our goals: – Reduce the level of risk for the children and their families. – Prevent the unnecessary removal of the children from their home and family. – Give more appropriate responses to the needs of at-risk children and their families. Operating new centers for children, pre-adolescents and parent groups in hotels in Jerusalem for families evacuated due to the Swords of Iron War One month after October 7 or 'Black Saturday', which led to the evacuation of thousands of families from their homes, Yad Rachel is embarking on a large-scale project in collaboration with the Ministry of Welfare and Social Security, to set up 22 clubs for children from the Envelope who are now in hotels in Jerusalem. 3 national associations were selected to meet the needs of children and families at risk in the community and to handle educational and developmental aspects for the children. One of them is our association, and our objective is to set up a system of centers and support for parents in the hotels and in the centers currently housing evacuated families and children known to the social services and children who as a result of the war and their evacuation need what the clubs can provide. The plan is to set up 22 frameworks for 440 children and their parents. Outline for operating centers for children and pre-adolescents Target population Children currently living in hotels, known to the social services departments before their evacuation and others in need due to the situation. Age groups to be catered to: • Early childhood centers– ages 3 to 6 years • For the latency age (elementary school) – ages 6 to 12 years • Children and parents exhibiting one or more of the following: signs of risk and distress, known to the social services, whose parents have difficulty in functioning as parents. Aims: • Creation of a safe space, age-appropriate daily routine and activity for children staying in hotels. • Prevention of isolation, loitering, and risky behaviors. • Improving the children’s emotional and functional state. • Monitoring children with emotional and functional problems, and in various risk situations who require therapeutic intervention or other more comprehensive attention. • Giving parents the chance to take a break from intensive parenting tasks in the current period and deal with matters arising from the current crisis, and receive help and support to strengthen their personal, parental and familial resilience. Operating model The centers are therapeutic frameworks that in normal times provide a response for children in situations of risk and distress, on the spectrum of abuse, desertion and neglect. The children attending the clubs generally hail from problematic families with difficulty meeting the needs of their children. The children display emotional and behavioral problems. Children who have experienced neglect, violence or other abuse in the family or been exposed to domestic violence, and children far behind in their studies compared to their peers. These problems are now compounded by dealing with war and the closure of familiar frameworks near their homes. The centers will operate five days a week for 4 hours each day. Each centers will cater to up to 20 children, and the relevant hotels will undertake to provide a suitable space for each club. The club staff will consist of two counselors in 80% of a full position, a housemother on 60% of a full position, and a social worker on 50% of a full position, with another two positions for therapists. We will appoint a program manager to be in direct contact with the hotels and responsible for all the logistics. We will create a safe and supportive space for the children. In addition to a hot meal and help with homework, we will build an individual program for each child and family, focusing on social, emotional therapeutic and educational-academic aspects. The club team will map the specific needs of each child and prepare an individually tailored plan of action. The children and their parents will receive individual treatment, if necessary, based on their needs. Improvement of daily function: the children will receive tools and support to help them tackle the daily difficulties they face during an emergency. Group therapy: we will organize specific groups to improve social and emotional handling of the situation, together with educational activity and leisure and enrichment activities. Monitoring and regular assessment The children’s progress will be monitored and assessed periodically according to the aims of the treatment using the Matmon system (Hebrew acronym for Data Focused Therapy Center) – a system we developed to give almost instant feedback on the effectiveness of the responses we provide for children and their families. “Hand in Hand” series of workshops for parents in hotels – being a parent in the shadow of war, a program we are already operating in cooperation with the Ministry of Welfare, Shafir Regional Council, and the Educational Psychology Service in the south, with the aim of giving parents guidance on dealing with children in times of crisis and the transition from emergency to emergency routine, plus regular assistance on parental function. We will operate this program in Jerusalem hotels.