Starting Strong on Etgar Hike

This post was written by Susan Weijel, Deputy Director of Yemin Orde Youth Village and Village Way Educational Initiatives. “It takes a village.” That well-known African proverb conveys the sense that an entire community is involved in nurturing its children. The expression has resonated for countless years among many cultures, and it is a central […]

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Women’s Leadership Program Cited for Outstanding Volunteers

Village Way’s gap-year leadership program for women, called IsraElite, cited for outstanding volunteer efforts. Village Way’s gap-year leadership program for young women, called IsraElite, received the 2018 Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Volunteer Efforts. The award honored IsraElite participants for their dedication and volunteer efforts in the Migdal HaEmek community, the northern Israeli town where the program […]

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Village Way Educators Encourage At-Risk Students to Dream

Educators at Village Way schools encourage at-risk students to believe in themselves in order to achieve their dreams. By Karen Sallerson Karen Sallerson is the Executive Director of ImpactIsrael. She recently returned to Israel to visit Yemin Orde Youth Village, tour Village Way partner educational communities and meet the dedicated educators who are working hard […]

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Congratulations to Our 2018 Graduates!

117 Youth Graduate High School at Yemin Orde Youth Village in Israel. Special guest from New York, Susan Claster, delivers keynote address with meaningful message of courage and hope as graduates look ahead to productive lives in Israel. ImpactIsrael congratulates the 2018 high school graduating class of Yemin Orde Youth Village. On June 18, 2018, […]

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Tikkun Ha’Lev International Gala Raises $1.15M for Israel’s At-Risk Youth

Chaim Peri receives Tikkun Ha’Lev Award for lifetime devotion to Israel’s at-risk youth. Guests from across the United States and Israel gathered on May 8, 2018, at the Mandarin Oriental New York, to honor Israeli visionary educator, Chaim Peri, with the Tikkun Ha’Lev Award for his lifetime devotion to Israel’s youth at risk.  Funds raised at […]

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New Auditorium and Cultural Center for Yemin Orde

British philanthropists pledge $4.5 million for new Auditorium. Manny and Brigitta Davidson, philanthropists from the United Kingdom, have offered an exciting challenge grant opportunity to ImpactIsrael that will provide funding for the largest transformative  building project ever assumed at Yemin Orde Youth Village. The Davidsons have generously pledged $4.5 million toward a new auditorium and […]

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A Village Way Success Story

Yemin Orde graduate, Mevorach Avraham, is the Deputy Chief of the Netanya, Israel police force. Netanya has become one of the major and most populous cities in Israel, with a high percentage of new immigrants, especially from Ethiopia, the Former Soviet Union and France. Since assuming his position about 18 months ago, Mevorach Avraham (photo, […]

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Welcome to Yemin Orde’s New Grandparents

Yemin Orde’s volunteer grandparents now have 430 additional grandchildren. We wish a warm welcome to Sarah and Mordechai Prins who now serve as Yemin Orde’s resident “Savta” (Hebrew for grandmother) and “Saba” (Hebrew for grandfather). The Village’s volunteer “grandparents” provide  unconditional love, support and friendship to Yemin Orde’s at-risk youth, most of whom do not […]

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