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Support and Enrichment Centers
Four centers support the educational process:
* Therapeutic Center: Coordinates the psycho-social therapy and accompanies the educational
staff of the school and dormitory, works by various intervention methods relating to the person,
family and community.
* Sport and Challenge Center: Among lessons learned through sport: avoiding violence, ethics,
discipline, perseverance. Other than various sports are challenge activities such as diving, climbing
wall, navigation, horseback riding, cycling, football, Zumba, archery
* Nature and Environment Center: Both educational and therapeutic. Center is running by pupils
with staff assistance. Includes activities in the community: programs with developmentally delayed
children, schools, seniors homes.
* Business Initiative Center: This benefits pupils who have difficulties in scholastic fields and aims to
encourage excellence and acquire life skills through business initiatives. One activity of this center,
an initiative in cooperation with local businesses, combines work in 3 areas: growing medicinal
herbs, production of containers and wooden products, and production of soaps and natural
cosmetics.
Community connections and volunteers
Through various ties with the community, local people volunteer in the village and give of their time
and experience. In parallel, pupils take an active part in the surrounding community – volunteering
in MDA, firefighting, the Scouts movement and with seniors. Army units have connections with
pupils as well. In a program aided by The Spirit of Israel, the village has wide-ranging ties with
various companies and public institutions.
Village graduates
The Graduates’ Coordinator keeps in touch with graduates during army service, and former pupils
who lack family backing are given special accommodation in the village. Scholarships for further
education are available.
Special Events in 2017-2018
Mission to Poland, Mission to Ethiopia, Bar/Bat mitzvah ceremonies at the Western Wall, IDF Week,
Heritage Week, Community Fairs, survival journey in the desert, Nitzana bike journey.
Board of Directors: The following are the company's directors:
Jewish Agency representatives on the board: Miki Dahav, Moshe Kanfi, Nir Lahav, Tali Zakael-
Pe'er,
Dana Zaks.
Others: Avi Naor (Chair), Hana Adami, Eli Ben Eliezer, Avi Elbaz, Elisha Hausman, Eli Wagner.
CEO: Moran Betzer
Shares in the company are held as follows:
Shareholders
Share category Total Shares issued
Jewish Jewish Agency Subsidiaries
Agency
Regular 6,660 - 6,660
Deferred 3,330 4 3,334
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