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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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