Children and youth

In view of the large gaps within the education system, we focus our efforts on low-performing schools and support their teams in building pedagogic and management capabilities as a key to improving the students’ achievements. Informal education is another main field of activity, helping to develop personal talent along with 21st century skills such as collaboration, leadership and initiative.
A community-based approach guides our work with at-risk children and youth, whose path towards integration in mainstream frameworks is paved through continuous contact with the family and community institutions.

Selected programs

Formal education

hello tech

An innovative educational initiative advancing AI literacy among school students and teachers as a key to future career opportunities

Pedagogic Network for Elementary Schools

Intensive pedagogic coaching for the teams in low-performing elementary schools builds their capability to lead change and provide top-quality education for all their students.

Revadim

Advancing elementary schools in the periphery with a range of complementary solutions including managerial guidance, educational reinforcement and individual therapies for children with emotional difficulties.

Informal education

StarTech

An enrichment program in computers and technology for junior high-school students that introduces them to up-to-date technologies while developing self-learning and teamwork skills.

Science Leadership

Sparking children’s interest in science and technology through experiential learning activities, with youth acting as counselors and enriching their own skills and knowledge.

Carasso Science Park

The interactive exhibits of the science museum invite visitors, and particularly school children from across the southern region, to discover scientific principles and their connection to our daily lives.

Ne’urim Centers

Community centers for youth and young adults in Druze society offering informal activity to build personal capabilities, leadership and social involvement.

At-risk populations

Challenge Centers

Educational reinforcement combined with social activity and adventure sports help youth to build a sense of capability and prevent them from dropping out of school.

Warm Homes for teenage girls

Centers in the community where girls at risk enjoy a positive experience of acceptance, gain life skills and take an active role in shaping their own future.

Community Anchor Youth Village

A unique youth village offering several complementary services for youth in different risk situations, without cutting them off from the family and the surrounding community.

Additional programs

Karev program

Incorporating a wide range of enrichment activities into the school day for kindergarten and elementary school children; a nationwide program of the Ministry of Education operated jointly by Tafnit Association and the Association of Community Centers.

Milat

Extended school day for children who need extra support, with lunch, educational reinforcement, enrichment and individual treatment; operated by Tafnit Association as part of a nationwide program of the Ministry of Education.

Jusidman Center for science-oriented youth

Built at Ben-Gurion University in partnership between Rashi, Keren Daniel, the Ministry of Education and the municipality of Be’er Sheva, the Center is home to all the University’s youth programs and serves as a model for the involvement of academic institutes in advancing STEM education for school students.

Treatment centers for victims of sexual abuse

Creating a nationwide network of centers for treating children and their families as well as for community-oriented education and training.

Social exit

Odyssey (Future Scientists and Inventors)

Aiming to nurture Israel’s next scientific-technological leadership, the program engages talented youth in academic-level studies and research and operates under the Maimonides Fund’s Future Scientists Center.

Darca School Network

Established in order to create opportunities in education for high school students in socioeconomically weak cities, Darca is now among the best school networks in Israel.

Madarom

A large-scale project to promote STEM education in the southern region via a continuum of formal and informal education programs, from kindergarten to high school. After being developed as a joint initiative of Rashi and the Ministry of Education, the Ministry took over and even duplicated the model in the northern region.

School Lunch program

The national program that provides a nutritious meal as art of an extended school day was launched as a pilot and its sustainability was secured by legislation.