Maccabim Association - Education and Soccer in The Community

National Network
Israel
Address

106 Ben Zvi Road, P.O.B. 12069, zip code 61120
Tel Aviv
Israel

Telephone
+972-3-7701000
Fax
+972-3-7701010
E-Mail
maccabim1@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
+972-54-5405285
Organisation Type
Other
Year of Establishment
1998
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
The Maccabim staff/ structure: one Director, one national coordinator around 40 employers Including coaches, teachers, project coordinators, educational administrator, etc. The Budget of Maccabim for the year 2008 - 2009 (12 months)is $748,000 Sources of funding: The National Social Security fund for children at risk, Soccer for Peace, The Alan B. Slifka foundation, MEPI – middle east par
Mission and Objectives

The Maccabim Association is a charitable arm of the renowned Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer club, which enjoys a loyal following throughout Israel and around the world.
Mission:
The Maccabim association seeks to fulfill a vision of a better country and future for all Israeli children by using football as a vehicle to reduce social and educational gaps and to build bridges between children of different ethnic, religious and social backgrounds. The Maccabim Association furthers these goals by leveraging football’s unparalleled potential to traverse cultural, political and language barriers, and to engage the interest of all sectors and levels of society.
Our Goals:
•To provide activities for disadvantaged children.
•To develop a model that can be usefully implemented by sports clubs, schools and educators throughout Israel.
•To reduce social and educational gaps.
•To build bridges between children of different ethnic and social backgrounds.

Main Projects / Activities

BEING PART OF THE GAME
Soccer centers in peripheral regions, in development towns in northern and southern Israel provide activity framework for children at risk.
PLAYING TO LEARN
Combined soccer-tutorial centers for underprivileged children in need of educational support.
MACCABIM OLIM TO THE FIELD
Fostering the social and educational integration of young immigrants.
The project promotes the educational and social integration of new immigrants, especially from Ethiopia.
PLAY IT FORWARD
A soccer track to full matriculation in cooperation with boarding schools that serve children from severely distressed homes.
GOALS FOR PEACE
This project brings together Arab and Jewish children in Israel through overnight camps consisting of intensive soccer training, dialogue sessions and other coexistence programming.
Kaleidosport
A combination that fosters the development of the social, emotional and physical skills proven by research to be critical to the well-being of children and youth.
Coaperation of Maccabim with The Rosh Pina Mainstreaming Network

Contact (1) Full Name
Anat Rabinovitz (Director)
Head of the organisation
Loni (Elon) Herzikowitz - Chairman
Contact (2) Full Name
Alex Dalin - National coordinator