Yad Sarah News

08:40 (18/12/11)

Beit Helena Play Center for Children with Special Needs

Here, special needs kids are winners, and their parent’s participation in their success creates an environment of hope and optimism for both parent and child

Yad Sarah served 420000 people in 2011- The Jerusalem Post

by JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH * Volunteer organization lent 270,000 pieces of medical equipment for the bedridden and oxygen-producing machines

Yad Sarah's special, additional service for Holocaust survivors

Anat Ben Zaquen, director of Home and Community Services department, reports about a new service coming from Yad Sarah

Maale Adumim: Enrichment Activities for Children with Special Needs

Bracha Osofsky writes: Every Sunday evening, 12 lively young children try to contain their energy and wait patiently as Rachel, a special education teacher, gives each one a turn to mix a bowl of pastry dough. And on Tuesdays, Dudu, a certified expert in Thai boxing, calls out instructions to a group of 10 boys who wear colorful boxing gloves as they dodge each other’s punches and kicks

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Pictures Gallery

In Our Album Above

Moments of giving - from a very happy driving taking a bride to her wedding to creative and * educational workshops for young and old in our Yad Sarah centers * The story about a ride to the wedding - HERE

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From Our Branches

Even in the dark they know how to reach the light – with a paintbrush

Drora Weizman, who leads the art class at the Yad Sarah Netanya Day Rehabilitation Center, writes about two artists now exhibiting their work in the lobby of the Netanya Cultural Center. This is a story about talent that bursts forth and overcomes difficulties in functioning, and about "choosing beauty". In the photo- Mazal Mizrahi on the right. Facing her is Adela Wagner. Both are absorbed in painting at the Day Rehabilitation Center

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They Care

How I Became a Friend of Yad Sarah – After Seeing One Project after Another

Attorney Leon Amiras, vice-president of the Organization of Immigrants from Latin America, Spain and Portugal in Israel, and acting chairman of the Jerusalem District Bar Association – talks to the staff of Yad Sarah News

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0ur Youth Volunteers

Meet the very young computer teachers

For some twelve years young people have been streaming to Yad Sarah to volunteer under the guidance and oversight of Shula Mahala, Coordinator of Youth Volunteers photo: shula - third from right - with young volunteers

At Yad Sarah we learned how to find answers within the community- for the community

is how an instructor from the nursing school near the Shaare Zedek Medical Center summed up the students' hour with Shani Rosenfeld, director of the Guidance and Exhibition Center

Yad Sarah Support For The Caregiver Center: It Can Be A Life Line

During Tova Stein’s many years as a caregiver, attending Yad Sarah’s Support For The Caregiver Center was one of the only things she did for herself * photo: Noa Talshir, Director of Caregiver Support Services at Yad Sarah

Salute to a Lady who will now write her very own story

Rivka took a personal interest in all the volunteers with whom she worked. Everyone was important to her and she made them feel needed and loved * Sarah Goodman writes about a friend and a guide and gives a salute to Rivka Avihail
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A letter from California

It was only on a recent trip to Israel that I became aware of Yad Sarah, while reading the Jerusalem Post. I was pleased to read about this wonderful volunteer organization