Programs
Educational programs
Community and establishing leadership and environmental infrastructure in East Jerusalem - Ambassadors for Sustainability
The theoretical part of the course focuses on engaging young people through lectures, workshops, field trips, and drama, all centered around project-based learning. Emphasizing community activism, participants collaborate with school staff and local activists, including teachers, neighborhood committees, farmers, and seniors.
The 16-session course highlights community capital, leadership, and executing agricultural projects. Students engage in practical social projects, learning decision-making and goal-setting skills. The program aims to promote agriculture, support disadvantaged children in East Jerusalem with life skills and personalized mentoring, and enhance community responsibility. It includes partnerships with community centers, municipal departments, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection to foster a culture of sustainable development.
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Pharmacy in my kitchen
We aim to educate future mothers and society towards a healthier lifestyle through our program, structured around environment and health.
Participants learn to replace chemicals with natural alternatives beneficial to both body and environment. This includes making natural soaps from olive oil, honey-based products with aromatic plants like Lavender and Rosemary, and items such as tooth whiteners, lip balms, and natural remedies.
The program emphasizes healthy eating by reducing artificial additives, junk food, and unhealthy fats. Overall, our goal is to promote sustainable consumption habits, reduce environmental impact, and create socially and environmentally friendly products.
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Re-design
We focus on creating artistic models using recycled materials to build beautiful mosaic designs.
The workshop theme is arts and crafts as a means for participants to express thoughts, feelings, and alleviate fears. Workshop process: participants cut and assemble materials to create mosaic designs. They coordinate colors and sizes to form cohesive artistic pieces, which they keep as their final products.
The main goals of the workshop is to foster creativity, develop ideas, provide emotional expression, and enhance manual skills.
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A garden in my kitchen
Community Leadership and Environmental Infrastructure in East Jerusalem - Ambassadors for Sustainability
The course offers engaging activities for youth, including lectures, workshops, field trips, and drama, all project-based. It promotes community activism and responsibility, with projects in agriculture involving school staff and various community members.
Key elements of the 16-session course include community capital, leadership, and implementing agricultural projects. Participants engage in field visits, social experiments, and program development.
Main program goals: promote agriculture and community unity in East Jerusalem, support disadvantaged children with life skills through personalized mentoring, and foster environmental project planning. It aims to cultivate a sense of belonging and responsibility, involving community centers, municipal departments, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Developing an Educational Climate
This program focuses on enhancing the relationship between schools (administration and teachers) and parents, who play a crucial role in the school's community. Schools both influence and are influenced by their social and cultural surroundings. The program includes lectures and workshops where parents collaborate with school teams and community activists (such as teachers, neighborhood committees, elders, and business owners) to plan and implement social initiatives. Each group of 15 parents or educational staff will participate in 5 two-hour workshops and one lecture, coordinated with educational authorities.
Main Objective: The program aims to strengthen relationships between schools, teachers, and parents, fostering life skills, an enriching educational climate, and effective communication tools.
Establishing Environmental Leadership Infrastructure in East Jerusalem
The 'Environmental Footprint' program engages youth in sustainable leadership and community resilience skills. It consists of two parts: theoretical and practical. It teaches planning and implementing community-based agricultural environmental projects.
Focuses on behavior change (consumption culture) to increase community responsibility.
The director selects from these options:
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Environmental Projects:
Establishing a school garden with ornamental flowers or fruit trees.
Creating a greenhouse for growing crops for student consumption.
Setting up an environmental laboratory.
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Sustainable Workshops:
Hands-on activities like carpentry for classroom furniture or wooden planters.
Recycling workshops transforming clothes, paper, ceramics, and construction waste into useful items like planters and artwork.
Printing workshops for reusable cups and fabric bags.
These workshops aim to instill sustainable practices and practical skills, reducing the environmental impact and promoting eco-friendly habits among students.
Into the Forest
Focused on Competence and Self-Expression Over 10 Sessions: The program combines elements from the world of therapeutic gardening and nature as a means of establishing connection and a bridge to the student's emotional world, as well as a tool for communication. It aims to create a sense of achievement and satisfaction among students, providing a sense of meaning and process. Suitable for all age groups and designed for schools in Jerusalem and beyond. The program includes:
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Photography Techniques in Nature
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Life Cycles in Nature
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Nature Scavenger Hunt
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Eco-Friendly Crafts
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Gardening Basics
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Therapeutic Nature Activities
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Nature Journaling
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Forest Ecosystem Exploration
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Eco-Friendly Item Creation
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Introduction to Medicinal and Edible Plants
The Green Alternative
The "Green Alternative" program focuses on teaching people, especially women, about healthy lifestyles and their positive impact on the future community. We believe that these girls will become mothers and will contribute to raising the entire community. To achieve this, the program structure consists of two parts that combine environment and health.
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In the program, students learn how to create handmade natural products and how to eat and live healthy.
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Main Objective and Goals of the Program:
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Equip students with skills for a healthy consumer culture.
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Provide tools to reduce environmental harm.
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Produce eco-friendly social products.
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Prevent school dropouts.
Self-sustaining greenhouse
In 2024, the fifth self-sustaining greenhouse was completed in Jerusalem schools. This greenhouse in the schoolyard is not only visually stunning but also serves as a vital space for growing vegetables and plants. It functions as a hands-on classroom where students learn about sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship. Working in the greenhouse educates students on plant life cycles and ecosystem impacts, fostering a deeper appreciation for nature. Beyond its educational role, the greenhouse enhances the school's architectural appeal and promotes a greener, more engaging learning environment.
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