top of page
amuta
pelut
tzevet

Our Partners

shutafim

Activity Map

Shluvim Association

Social Welfare Intervention Program

The Team

Training for Educators 

We would like to thank all of our partners over the years, for making our work possible: 
 

Background

Shluvim (integration in Hebrew) is committed to assuring equal access to educational opportunities and works towards integrating severely at-risk children into their every-day frameworks. Shluvim goes directly into the school system to help stabilize those suffering from learning, behavioral and emotional difficulties, which are attributed to or exacerbated by living along Israel’s southern border. Approximately 1,500 children aged 3-12 benefit from Shluvim outreach every year; the vast majority come from underprivileged and low-income neighborhoods; and upwards of 50% are Ethiopian, a community contending with its own cultural integration challenges.

The Shluvim Association was established in 2004 to provide educational, emotional, and social support to at-risk and disadvantaged children and youth, living in the south of Israel—a region vulnerable to regular rocket fire from Gaza and the frequent launching pad for many IDF military operations. The organization, the only one of its kind, works within the educational system and with individual family units to ensure that high-risk children are able to function and thrive within their schools, families and communities.

The associated trauma of living under perpetual threat of attack has a profound and lingering impact on the Israeli psyche, with between 70 to 94 percent of children in the region diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Life in the region means that children suffering other types of psycho-social disorders and stress, perhaps resulting from the birth of a sibling, a divorce, illness, a death in the family, limited financial means, or domestic violence suffer from an increased risk due to the effects of multiple trauma. Life in the region also means that the chronic nature of such stress must be dealt with in a systematic way, taking into consideration the needs of both individuals and entire communities, which is what Shluvim sets out to do. 

Shluvim has developed several highly effective programs, conducted in cooperation and with the endorsement of Israel’s educational authorities. 


focuses on the improvement of daily social functioning within their educational framework, with an emphasis on personal social and emotional growth and wellbeing. Read more

focuses on children with extreme difficulties over an extended period, and places an emphasis on individual guidance and support for the child, their family and educators. Read more

Provides educators with tools, guidance and support in their work with children with social, emotional and behavioral difficulties. Read more

 

 

A supplementary guidance and support program for parents of at-risk children. Read more

Ministry of Education
Educational Welfare

Don't Leave Me
as I Am

Don't Leave Me

as I Am

קרן קסירר

Joseph and Christina Kasierer Foundation

Sobell Foundation

The Sobell Foundation

Boxenbaum Foundation

Boxenbaum Foundation

Harry Kramer Foundation
 

Harry Kramer Memorial Foundation

Kathryn Ames Foundation

The Kathryn Ames Foundation

Naftali Peretz Foundation

Peretz Naphtali

Foundation

Ministry of Welfare

The City of Be'er Sheva

The City of Sderot

Shafir Regional Council

Clal Finance

The City of Ashkelon​

Hof Ashkelon Regional Council

JCD

Arison Foundation

Ministry of Housing and Construction – Neighborhood Renewal

Paz Israel

Milat –
Rashi Foundation

Be'er Tuvia Local Council

Check Point
 

קרן יוסף לוי

Hjelp Jødene Hjem

Rachel Sasi

Rachel is Shluvim's bookkeeper, and has been with the association fromthe very beginning. 

Lilac Herzl

Lilach is in charge of the organization's logistics and budgeting. Lilach manages the ongoing work with the therapists, including work plans and project budgets. 

Ravit Dagan and
Irit Gekler

Ravit and Irit train and guide Shluvim's team of social workers and therapists. Ravit is a Pedagogical Counselor by training and Ravit is a seasoned social worker.  Together they lead and train our team of 20 therapists, and provide them with weekly training sessions and ongoing guidance and support.

Rotem Chudzik

Rotem is the founding Director of Shluvim. Shluvim's therapy model was the subject of her Master's Thesis at the Faculty of Education at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. 

Rotem leads the team and provides training and guidance on working with children with severe difficulties for the Shluvim team, as well as student of Social Work and education professionals.

bottom of page