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alaswar institute for cultural and social development

National Network
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Address

old city 11\242
akka
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Telephone
97249915833
Telephone (other)
97249910616
Fax
97249916183
E-Mail
hanan-alaswar@hotmail.com
E-Mail (2)
info@alaswar.org
Mobile Phone
9.73E+11
Mobile Phone (other)
97254611507
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Year of Establishment
1988
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Heritage
  4. Human rights
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Media
  7. Others
  8. Research
  9. Youth and education
Contact (1) Full Name
hanan hijazi
Head of the organisation
profesor deeb akawi
Contact (2) Full Name
deeb akawi

Alkhaimah - The Association for Education & Development

National Network
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Address

The Bedouin Community
P.O. Box 411
Taibeh City 40400
Israel

Taibeh
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Telephone
+97297996195
Fax
+97215397996195
E-Mail
saeed@alkhaimah.org
E-Mail (2)
sazbarga@gmail.com
E-Mail (3)
bedouin_ch@yahoo.com
Mobile Phone
+972522970896
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2002
Fields of Activity
  1. Human rights
  2. Others
  3. Youth and education
General Information
Alkhaimah Association run by group of serious people, we have funding from many funds and trusts .
Mission and Objectives

Alkhaimah - the Association for Education & Development was established as a registered, non-profit organization in 2002 by concerned, Bedouin local residents as a response to years of continuous neglect by both the Taibeh Municipality and the Israeli government.
Based on the belief that every child has the right to receive proper education and equal opportunity to develop his or her skills, Alkhaimah is creating viable solutions for advancing the scholastic ability of each student. The organization has reached even further, working to ensure every citizen is granted their legal right to access governmental services such as education, health care and Social Security.
The organization has wide support among the younger generation, and is the only organization with accomplishments in Community Building and in Youth Education in the Bedouin community of Taibeh and other Arab villages in Israel.
Since 2009, Alkhaimah has expanded its activities to include more Arab villages in Israel. Today, Alkhaimah is running projects in various areas of Israel in order to aid children in obtaining proper education and support Community Development.

Main Projects / Activities

Education, Advocacy and Women Empowerment

Contact (1) Full Name
Saeed Azbarga

All for Peace Radio

National Network
إسرائيل
Address

Clemont Ganeau 5, P.O. Box 38817
Jerusalem 91200
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Telephone
5810526
Fax
+972- 2- 58 144 47
E-Mail
mossiraz@allforpeace.org
Mobile Phone
44868746
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2005
Fields of Activity
  1. Media
General Information
14 stafff Budget1.7 million ILS Sources: Flemish ministry for foreign affairs, voice of Russia and others Radio station
Mission and Objectives

Radion Station

Main Projects / Activities

Radio Programmes

Contact (1) Full Name
Mossi Raz
Head of the organisation
Mossi Raz

Alrafa

National Network
إسرائيل
Address

C/o Kamel Riyan
Kfar Bara 45863
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Telephone
+972 50 52 39 798
E-Mail
AmanCenter.Office@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1999
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
  2. Religion
  3. Youth and education
General Information
In 1999, beside the open grave of his murdered son, Kamel Riyan swore to heal the violence within his community. Only several weeks later, still in the early shock of mourning, he created the Alrafa organization. The Aman Center for a Safe Society (a program of the NGO, Alrafa) is the only nonprofit group that acts against violence in Israeli Arab society. Our grassroots center is constituted by seven staff members and community members who are committed to a better future. Our main projects are Lay-Leadership, Youth Education, Strength in Numbers, Religious Leadership, Rallying Resources. Through these projects, we lead Israeli Arab society towards social responsibility for the crime and extremism in its midst: murder, violence against women, extremist hate crimes, and more. We receive funding from donations, the Ministry of Interior, the Estate Committee, the New Israel Fund and more. Our budgetary resources available in a year is 165,851USD.
Mission and Objectives

Our mission is to case a widespread net – practical tools for democracy and social responsibility – over the factions, leaders, and community members of the Israeli-Arab community. We aim to:

Integrate models for positive social activism.

Dismantle barriers between social factions, local government, and law enforcement.

Emphasize tolerance and moderation in Islamic culture and religion
Objectives: In 2017 we will…

  Facilitate 6 community leadership committees.

  50 college students will mentor hundreds of youngsters in seven Arab towns.

  Deliver values/anti-violence presentations in 100+ schools, community centers, and       mosques.

  Begin the development of a media campaign that includes video clips and internet campaigns.

Main Projects / Activities

Over the past five years we have created cooperative infrastructure among community leadership, “every-day” community members, religious leaders, police forces, schools, and colleges. Our key activities are:

Lay-Leadership. Our successful community leadership model is replicable in every Arab community. The model includes local committees for social change; 15-20 members that unite from their community’s diverse social and rival groups to act for social betterment. Committees lead residents to implement anti-violence programs, cultivate action from municipal and religious leaders, and develop critical collaboration between residents and police departments.

Youth Education. In partnership with Ono College, Arab college students bring anti-violence education into community schools. As volunteer mentors in their home communities, they can speak to the realities of their younger peers. They implement early values education through workshops on tolerance and coexistence for all ages.

Strength in Numbers. We give presentations in Israeli-Arab communities nationwide, for adults and youth. We also unite different communities for joint actions against violence. Neighboring communities combine resources and experience to develop local programs regarding: youth at risk, violence against women, youth crime, clan rivalry and Islamic extremism.

Religious Leadership: We work with local religious leadership to educate about moderation and tolerance in Islam. We encourage leaders to develop the mosque from a place only of prayer to a center that unifies the community for tolerance and positive social values.

Rallying Resources. Arab leaders must realize their potential to drive the movement against violence in their community. Arab Knesset members, religious and social leaders have the ear of their people. Through our guidance, these leaders channel their influence to prevent violence.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

After decades of alienation between Israeli law enforcement and Arab communities, we have brought about partnerships between local community leadership and law enforcement. We bring our strongest youth, young people who have achieved higher education, back to their villages for youth mentorship and education. We train professionals, doctors, lawyers, educators, to recognize, respond to, and support victims of violence. We work with Knesset members and participate in law-making sessions. We are also the media voice for anti-violence in Arab society, vocal in print, radio, television and internet media.

Contact (1) Full Name
Kamel Riyan
Job Title
Director
Head of the organisation
Kamel Riyan

Amichai NPO

National Network
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Address

P.O.Box 817
Hod Hasharon 45108
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Telephone
972527344888
E-Mail
gidonr@amichai.org.il
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1994
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
The organization is defined as a “familial association”, and this is realized in the significant representation that the families have in the board of directors, and in every significant decision making process in the organization. Presently, Amichai operates thirteen different settings that provide year round solutions for approximately eight hundred people which include individuals with developmental disabilities, their families and community members in which the organization operates.
Mission and Objectives

Amichai Organization develops and provides a range of community services for children, adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities in central Israel, out of the belief that every person has the right to be a full and equal rights member of the community.
The organization works to improve the quality of life of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families through a systemic viewpoint which seeks to provide solutions in a variety of fields impacting their lives including the therapeutic, the social, the communal and the public policy fields.

Main Projects / Activities

• Amichai is attentive to families – the organization was established by families, and they greatly influence what is being done and on the services being provided.
• Amichai sets a high standard of services – the organization works continuously to enhance the services it provides in the physical aspect, in the quality of the staff and in its treatment quality.
• Amichai works for the promotion of integration of individuals with developmental disabilities within the community – the organization holds workshops and lectures for children, adolescents and adults with the aim of raising awareness to the subject. Moreover, the organization runs many group classes that integrate, in practice, the organization’s service recipients with public school children and adolescents.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

The Amichai association develops and provides a wide range of services within the community for children, youth and adults with developmental disabilities, both Jews and Arabs. The Multi-Cultural program creates an opportunity for Jewish and Arab youth, low and average level of disability, to meet.
Together they experience activities that aim to improve their social skills and life talents in rehabilitation and educational aspects. Thus, four groups were composed; therapy through music, therapy through Art, therapy through Theatre and sport activity group. These groups are guided by professional staff members that combine therapeutic processes into their work. The groups are set to advance non verbal communication, emotional and social abilities as part of a wider program. The group members meet twice a week for two and a half hours, in which they use the sport and art global "language" to communicate. The group works on emotional dilemmas and experiences mutual to all children and youth.
In the physical aspect, they work to improve balance, coordination and movement and in the social aspect, they learn how to cooperate within a group context, how to work out joint dilemmas, how to postpone needs (wait for their turn, let their friend cross first, etc). This activity works as a bridge between the different people,

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

The principal of combining people with special needs into the community is necessary to the progression of equal rights process and the rehabilitation process of people with developmental disabilities. In order to imply this goal Amichai is working intensively with the community and parallel to that, invests much in developing life skills and social abilities among its members.
This investment is meant to enable people with special needs to function to their optimum in the social diversity and within the social changes that take place in a sophisticated, multi-cultural, society. Better the members of Amichai will learn to know the community, with its special characteristics and mentalities, better they will be rehabilitated and integrated within their surroundings, their natural place.

Contact (1) Full Name
Gideon Ra'anan

Amutat Ein Gihon

National Network
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Address

P.O.Box 31221,Jerusalem 91311
Jerusalem
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Telephone
+972-2-6289641
Fax
+972-2-6289642
E-Mail
info@eingihon.org
E-Mail (2)
gude@eingihon.org
Mobile Phone
+972-527336753
Mobile Phone (other)
+972-527004489
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1998
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
Structure: Ein Gihon is run by a Management Committee composed by three people and an Audit Committee composed by another two people. The General Assembly of Members is the institution that appoints both committees. The Association has ten volunteers in charge of the activities plus more volunteers for specific projects (for example, in the Leadership Building Program 2009-2010 some 20 professionals participated as teachers of business and leadership). We have no hired staff at the moment and all the organization is run on a voluntary basis. Budgetary resources: 40.000 USD. Sources of funding: 42% fees of the activities, 58% private donors, 0% public grants. Modalities of action: courses and seminars; personal coaching; summer camps; organization of sport competitions; international exchanges. Main partners involved in the organization’s projects/activities: IESE Business School, Lideralia.
Mission and Objectives

Ein Gihon is a Non Governmental Organization registered in Israel. It was established in 1998 in Jerusalem by a small group of people with the purpose of fostering cultural and educational activities. Its activities are completely apolitical and opened to people from any race, social background or religion.
The Association works among professionals, university students and youngsters through a series of educational activities such as seminars, workshops, talks and summer camps. Ein Gihon is well aware of the difficult situation that the country faces and of the multiple divisions among the ethnical and religious groups coexisting in Israel. Because of this, all the activities organized by Ein Gihon try to create mutual understanding spaces, under a climate of cooperation, which facilitates working together for a better future.
Ein Gihon’s mission is to help to create a better world through the education of people: men and women full of desires, not only of doing better things but also of improving as human beings.

Main Projects / Activities

LBP: Leadership Building Program. Yearly program for developing leadership skills in the participants: Arab boys, both Muslims and Christians, from 15 to 17 years old. The program introduces them into the business world. In 2010-2011 Ein Gihon is running the 2nd edition of the program. In 2009-2010 30 boys participated in the LBP.
HPS: High Performance Study. Yearly program which aims to help High School Arab students from Jerusalem be accepted in prestigious Israeli universities. The program tries to close the gap between the Israeli and Arab educational systems creating equal opportunities for Arab youngsters, thus, helping them to remain in their country and contribute to the development of their community. This program aims at:
i. Helping them develop good habits of studying seriously and efficiently.
ii. Broadening their intellectual formation towards others topics than those strictly required by their curriculum.
BMU: Business Management Updates. One day Seminars on different subjects related to the business world. The Seminars are imparted by prestigious professors of very well known Business Schools. On 2009 the lectures discussed aspects of Human Resources. This program is addressed mainly to Arab professional people, entrepreneurs and businessmen.

Contact (1) Full Name
Jose Manuel Gude
Head of the organisation
Alejandro Bertelsen
Contact (2) Full Name
Jorge Ale

Amutat Tzel Hatamar - Center for Creative Ecology

National Network
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Address

Kibbutz Lotan
Kibbutz Lotan 88855
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Telephone
0549799009
E-Mail
alex.cicelsky@gmail.com
E-Mail (2)
alex@klotan.co.il
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1999
Fields of Activity
  1. Environment/Sustainable development
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Research
  4. Youth and education
General Information
Amutat Tzel Hatamar is a registered charity in Israel, no. 580347029, which funds research, development and activities including outreach and scholarships of the Kibbutz Lotan Center for Creative Ecology. The Amuta has a steering committe comprised of a chair, treasurer and three members, all volunteers. Funding for specific projects is raised for those specific projects. Budgets are based on funds raised and earmarked for the projects on a yearly basis.
Mission and Objectives

1. To advance the values of environmental protection through research, education, conservation, experiential activities and examples of sustainable communal living.

2. To support educational and cultural activities which encourage the development of a democratic, pluralistic and environmentally friendly community which serves also as an example for other communities committed to environmental and social sustainability.
1. To advance Reform Zionism from a democratic, pluralistic perspective through engaging in Jewish Zionist education for youth and adults from Israel and the Diaspora, promoting Jewish Zionist culture and engaging in research, education and promotion of Jewish values in a democratic atmosphere.

Main Projects / Activities

Partial sponsorship of Kibbutz Lotan’s Center for Creative Ecology in partnership with Kibbutz Lotan. Recent accomplishments include - 
1. Development of the Lotan Nature and Migratory Bird Reserve including Hides in Lotan’s bird reserve for observation of migrating birds constructed from recycled and natural materials.
2. Subsidies to enable low-budgeted special groups to particapte in educational programming at the Center. Groups include Beit Hagalgaim – a center for young adults with CP, Beit Dafna – a center for teens with autism, Zaka summer camps for children affected or injured by terror incidents, Beit haShanti – a home for troubled youth in Tel Aviv, and more.
3. Subsidies to enable school and kindergarten groups from the region, Eilat and the rest of Israel participate in the Center’s programming.
4. Sponsoring the Center’s professionals’ work as supervisors and trainers in the building of a health clinic built with alternative building methods at the Bedouin unrecognized village of Wadi-El-Naam. This sponsorship was made at the request of the NGO Butan L’shalom, with whom future projects are being developed.
5. Active engagement in establishing the Israel regional network of the Global Ecovillage Network, and participation in developing the curriculum of Gaia Education Foundation's Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) program. The Center for Creative Ecology was the first to community based organization in the world to teach this program which is now being used worldwide.
5. Reseach and development of energy efficient housing including sucessful fire rating testing of materials (earth plastered straw bales), hand-engineering of earthquake proof house structures, purchase of photovoltaic panels for the Center's EcoCampus and energy monitoring of its performance. 
Sponsorship of two long-term educational programs on Kibbutz Lotan:
1. Shnat Sherut - A year of service before the army. 8-15 Israeli high school graduates participate in Lotan's shnat sherut program. The yearlong program, now in its eighteenth year, includes work on Lotan, gemilut hasidim/social justice projects in the greater region, and educational programming based on Lotan's Reform Zionism ideology.
2. Green Apprenticeship Program - An intensive month-long work /study experience, which links together practical skills for environmental sustainabilty along with an engineering methodolgy for developing human habitats while protecting human rights and conservation of natural resources. Participant learn business skills  while helping to build and maintain the Center for Creative Ecology, its facilities and educational programs. Practical experience is reinforced by formal studies, a holistic link to permaculture ideas, and an opportunity for participants to share their ideas and past experiences to influence new projects. This unique work / study experience is also interwoven into the daily life of Kibbutz Lotan.
▪ Partial sponsorship of alternative building projects on Kibbutz Lotan via the Center for Creative Ecology, including –
1. A day care center, outdoor play area from recycled materials.  The work on the play area was performed by students in the Green Apprentice program. 
2. Israel's first recycling center (together with funding from the Environment Ministry and the first bus station constructed from earth plaster and used tires in Israel.
3. The EcoCampus - housing for Green Apprenticeship participants using passive solar, straw-bale, earth plaster building methods integrated with solar power and urban gardening as a living example of energy and resource efficicent housing appropriate for low-income communities in hot, arid regions.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Graduates of the Green Apprenticeship and Year of Service programs, as well as participants in our many workshops and professional training programs, and guests that visit and learn from our ideals and actions, are active in many NGO's. government organization, universities, and community organizations. Many have started their own businesses or have changed existing businesses to become more socially and environmentally sustainable. In particular, the women who have participated in our programs have fed back to us how they were empowered to become leaders in the wokr that they do.
We are a training institute for individuals and groups from Israel and visiting from abroad, in association with the Jewish National Fund, Mashav - Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Arava Institute, AICAT - the Arava International Center for Agricultural Training and many of the community gardens and Eco-Education farms and experience centers in Israel.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We are interesting in widening our reach to participants in neighboring countries and Europe. Funding particpants from abroad creates a unique educational experience focused on global leadership.  Israeli particpants in our courses (all taught in English) bond with the foreign nationals as they all become global leaders with compasion and experience in cross-cultural educational experience directed towards networking for a common good. Our experience has shown us that our program graduates have the tools that are necessary for successful development and management of NGO's, health organizations, agriculture and construction/infrastructure development organizations. We are committed to significantly increasing the number taking our programs and hope that ALF and its Network will help us expand our reach.

Contact (1) Full Name
Alex Cicelsky
Job Title
Director of Development
Head of the organisation
Daniel Burstyn
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Ani Israeli

National Network
إسرائيل
Address

C/O Barnea
7 Jericho St.

6203513 Tel Aviv
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Telephone
04-9930784
Telephone (other)
03-5465412
E-Mail
ornanu@actcom.co.il
E-Mail (2)
jbarnea@012.net.il
E-Mail (3)
dantamir@access.uzh.ch
E-Mail (4)
ofra@lnc.co.il
Mobile Phone
054-3325054
Mobile Phone (other)
054-5711921
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2001
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
General Information
"Ani Israeli" (in Hebrew: "I am Israeli") is a registered non-profit association. Headed by its elected board and chair-person (currently Prof. Uzzi Ornan), the Association has no paid employees: all the necessary work for its ongoing activities (approx. 30 hours per week) is done voluntarily by the board members. Its funding sources (about 11,000 NIS p.a. in average) are member-fees and donations by private persons. The association collects signatures for its petition to the Israeli government, organises seminars and public lectures and coordinates the writing of articles and op-eds to leading Israeli newspapers and websites.
Mission and Objectives

The "Ani Israeli" association was started with a very specific goal: to campaign against the unequal, discriminating definitions of the Israeli National Populace Registration, and for allowing all Israeli citizens who want it to be registered as Israelis.

Main Projects / Activities

* conferences and public panels, discussing the issues of nationality and citizenship;
* meetings for the bringing together of youth from various Israeli social "sectors";
* online publication of reviews and articles.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Our main contributions could be:
* the exchange of knowledge, especially regarding constitutional law, civil and human rights;
* the organisation of joint conferences and publications, together with other associations.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

In a manner which is peculiar to Israel, the Israeli State Registrar registers every Israeli citizen according to a so called "Nationality" definition. This definition in fact expresses the person's ethnic and/or religious affiliation. It is marked (partly camouflaged) in the identity cards that every Israeli citizen is obliged by law to carry around at any time in order to make it possible to every official of the sovereign to instantly identify his or her ethnic or religious affiliation. It is accessible to every government official.We consider this discrimination a pivotal Israeli problem and a major block for peace and co-existence in the region. Therefore, we would like to join forces with other like-minded organisations, in the campaign towards its abolition.

Contact (1) Full Name
Uzzi Ornan
Head of the organisation
Prof. Uzzi Ornan
Contact (2) Full Name
Joseph Barnea