P.O. Box 34510, Jerusalem 91000
Jerusalem
Israel
- Human rights
Bizchut, works to achieve equal rights and opportunities for people within the entire spectrum of disabilities in all areas of life, regardless of age, gender or ethnic background. The name Bizchut (by right) reflects our position as the first Israeli organization to approach issues concerning people with disabilities from a rights rather than charity-based perspective. Our target audience includes individuals with disabilities and family members, professionals and service providers and civil servants and decision makers. Our objectives and strategies include: providing information on disability rights and entitlements; providing one-to-one assistance through our hotlines in Hebrew and Arabic; empowering individuals through empowerment workshops; training professionals, legal action challenging non-provision of services or discriminatory policy; monitoring of policy; encouraging media exposure of disability rights and promotion of disability rights legislation.
Rights Hotline for People with Disabilities – Bizchut’s hotlines in Hebrew and Arabic offer tailor-made assistance to thousands of people with disabilities every year. The hotlines provide information and assistance to people with disabilities, family members, professionals working in the field and disability organizations. Bizchut’s Mental Health Project aims to bring about a change in the attitude towards and implementation of rehabilitation services in the community for people with mental illness, through field-work and advocacy to change and improve policy. Activity promoting housing in the community for individuals with disabilities also uses the parallel tracks of community outreach and challenging the authorities to expand the options available to people with different kinds of disabilities. Ongoing projects include information workshops for people with disabilities, and lectures and workshops making professionals more aware of the particular needs of individuals with disabilities and providing tools for adapting services to meet these needs.