Operation strategy at this stage • Adjusting the action strategy from activity at evacuation centers to partnerships with the local authorities at the home localities themselves (strategy at Tiberias remains similar to activity executed at evacuation centers in Eilat and the Dead Sea) • Tailoring responses to the current needs of children and youth at local authorities and expanding solutions for professional teams • Strengthening cooperation with the education and welfare departments, and less with resilience centers (which resumed independent activity) • Promoting systemic resilience-strengthening solutions and laying the foundations for long- term activity Resilience-strengthening activity in Sderot • Resilience-strengthening activities were incorporated in seven elementary schools . A total of approximately 670 activities were held, with 6,195 school children participating. • Collaborations with educational frameworks across all religious streams (ultra-Orthodox, religious, traditional, and secular), as well as with centers serving at-risk youth and centers for children with special needs. • Pilot for resilience-strengthening school : Instilling the concept that resilience should be part of the curriculum and expanding resilience-strengthening activities at two elementary schools - Talmud Torah and Gil Rabin: – A variety of extended resilience activities for students and teaching staff – Building a therapeutic garden and adjusting a relaxation room for coping with high-stress situations – Teacher training and workshops to strengthen resilience and solidarity among teaching staff members – Learning sessions for educational psychological services staff • Integrating designated resilience-strengthening activity for school principals, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education Supervisor and the Director of the municipality’s Education Department • During the months of July and August, resilience-strengthening activities were incorporated in summer day camps and summer schools held at the schools. • In cooperation with the Welfare Department, resilience supporting activities were conducted for at-risk children and children with special needs
“Upon our return to the city, we did not know where things stood or how we were going to get ourselves back on our feet again, and then help our children get back on their feet again after everything they went through, especially after being at all kinds of evacuation sites. And then came Yeladenu, and they proved themselves! There were things we dreamt about for years which were finally executed!” Rabbi Abraham Weizmann, principal of Talmud Torah elementary school in Sderot
“The Yeladenu Operation was an anchor for us in a challenging time. We were able to see a ray of light in a time of darkness, thanks to the support you granted us.”
Idit Dayan, principal of the Gil Rabin elementary school in Sderot
A relaxation room in a Sderot school
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