We started the new year with the many challenges of the Coronavirus, but at the same time, with new opportunities, wide smiles, and successes! The team learned about the new content, including: a leadership workshop, a workshops for social workers on children at-risk, a motivational workshop, and more. Every day,…
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The deconfinement continue at Negba
The deconfinement phase is now underway, and we are happy to see gradually the children of Negba physically present again in our premises. In Beer-Sheva 75% of them have already returned to date, all gathered in our “Caty and Mona Dreyfuss” Center, and 100% at Grosman Home in Jerusalem. We…
Continue ReadingGradual reopening of Negba Homes after confinement
04/20/2020 – History will remember that it was on this date that deconfinement began for Negba during the great epidemic of the Coronavirus. After a month of closure, a partial reopening has taken place, a prelude, we all hope, to a gradual return to normal.
Continue ReadingNegba: Children and Youth (and adults!) building the future
They are fifteen, they are between 18 and 20 years old. Their common point: they are all former children of Negba. Last week this first nucleus of “Bogrim” (elders) met for an evening in the “Caty and Mona Dreyfuss” Negba Home. This project has been on the minds of the…
Continue ReadingThe importance of cultural and artistic activities at Negba
In some families, especially a large part of those of the children we take in daily, each expense is a choice: buy a new coat or pay the electricity bill? Heat the house or buy meat for Shabbat?It is easy to understand that in these situations certain expenses seem totally…
Continue Reading5th anniversary of the Bicycle project
“Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein When starting the “Bicycles” project in 2013-2014, Negba had capitalized on the potential of cycling, globally recognized among young people at risk, for the individual and collective development of its teenagers. The…
Continue ReadingOvercoming Challenges During the Transition to Middle School: Spotlight on Keti, Participant in Negba’s “Bogrim” Program
The end of sixth grade is a challenging moment for almost all Israeli children. Keti, from Jerusalem’s Ein Karem neighborhood, is no different. last year, she began a new middle school, the “Yasa” Israel Arts and Science Academy, leaving the safe confines of her elementary school where she had been…
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