Bolstering education. Without starting from scratch.
Across Israel, underfunded schools often lack the tools students need to thrive.
JOIN partners with 25 schools to fill critical gaps, providing computer labs, science and robotics centers, libraries, STEM and medical tracks, cyber programs, teacher training, and more.
All for a fraction of 1% of a school’s budget.
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6,500
students' education enriched
4 of the top 10
nationally ranked Cyber & STEM programs
100
teachers trained in modern pedagogy through Veer to the Future
The robotics program JOIN brought to our school has completely changed how our students approach problem-solving.
Even in a country with strong social services, emergencies still fall through the cracks. JOIN partners with municipal agencies and nonprofits to deliver targeted support when existing systems come up short.
We strengthen (not replace) Israel’s existing social structures.
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JOIN Lifeline
Emergency aid for elderly Israelis in ten cities, such as dental and medical care, urgent home repairs, transportation, unpaid utility bills, and burial costs, when no other help exists.
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Pitronot solutions
Comprehensive financial and legal aid for families in crisis, including debt restructuring, legal advocacy, and financial education.
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Our own way
Community-based support for at-risk youth and families in Sderot and the Gaza envelope, creating resilience, stability, and reintegration.
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Day camp
Subsidies that give disadvantaged children access to safe, enriching summer programs during the long 9-week break.
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Jerusalem soup kitchen
A food-security initiative that collects, prepares, and distributes over $500,000 in meals annually using rescued food, feeding far more with far less.
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Food with dignity
Food subsidies for elderly individuals, helping those most vulnerable cover their basic nutritional needs.
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School war decompression
In-school resiliency programs helping students process trauma and return to learning after wartime disruptions.
Poverty, trauma, and mental health challenges can unravel families, leading to marital breakdown, abuse, abandonment, and at-risk youth. JOIN coordinates a multi-pronged effort to help families regain stability through therapy, mentorship, guidance, and crisis intervention.
We intervene before crisis becomes collapse.
Women’s retreats & couples getaways
Respite for 300 struggling parents, combining recreation, education, and peer connection to rejuvenate the exhausted and strengthen families and marriages.
Early marriage intervention
A preventative initiative that equips newly married at-risk couples with tools to navigate challenges before they become crises.
Amicable solutions
Divorce mediation for 40 low-income families, reducing conflict, protecting children, and avoiding costly legal battles.
Outdoor training
Structured group activities tailored to build leadership, communication, teamwork, problem solving, and resilience.
Big brother/sister mentorship program
Academic and social support for 70 at-risk youth in disadvantaged communities, preventing school expulsions and building positive role models.
Russian family services
Counseling, parenting workshops, and educational support tailored to Russian-immigrant families, including a 70-week program reaching over 1,000 participants.
JOIN therapy and rehabilitation
Subsidized mental health services for children and adults, helping dozens of families cope with anxiety, depression, trauma, and other psychological challenges.
Women’s retreats & couples getaways
Respite for 300 struggling parents, combining recreation, education, and peer connection to rejuvenate the exhausted and strengthen families and marriages.
Early marriage intervention
A preventative initiative that equips newly married at-risk couples with tools to navigate challenges before they become crises.
Amicable solutions
Divorce mediation for 40 low-income families, reducing conflict, protecting children, and avoiding costly legal battles.
Outdoor training
Structured group activities tailored to build leadership, communication, teamwork, problem solving, and resilience.
Big brother/sister mentorship program
Academic and social support for 70 at-risk youth in disadvantaged communities, preventing school expulsions and building positive role models.
Russian family services
Counseling, parenting workshops, and educational support tailored to Russian-immigrant families, including a 70-week program reaching over 1,000 participants.
JOIN therapy and rehabilitation
Subsidized mental health services for children and adults, helping dozens of families cope with anxiety, depression, trauma, and other psychological challenges.
Women’s retreats & couples getaways
Respite for 300 struggling parents, combining recreation, education, and peer connection to rejuvenate the exhausted and strengthen families and marriages.
Outdoor training
Structured group activities tailored to build leadership, communication, teamwork, problem solving, and resilience.
Amicable solutions
Divorce mediation for 40 low-income families, reducing conflict, protecting children, and avoiding costly legal battles.
Early marriage intervention
A preventative initiative that equips newly married at-risk couples with tools to navigate challenges before they become crises.
Women’s retreats & couples getaways
Respite for 300 struggling parents, combining recreation, education, and peer connection to rejuvenate the exhausted and strengthen families and marriages.
Therapy and rehabilitation
Subsidized mental health services for children and adults, helping dozens of families cope with anxiety, depression, trauma, and other psychological challenges.
Russian family services
Counseling, parenting workshops, and educational support tailored to Russian-immigrant families, including a 70-week program reaching over 1,000 participants.
Big Brother/Sister mentorship program
Academic and social support for 70 at-risk youth in disadvantaged communities, preventing school expulsions and building positive role models.
Outdoor training
Structured group activities tailored to build leadership, communication, teamwork, problem solving, and resilience.
Amicable solutions
Divorce mediation for 40 low-income families, reducing conflict, protecting children, and avoiding costly legal battles.
Early marriage intervention
A preventative initiative that equips newly married at-risk couples with tools to navigate challenges before they become crises.
Women’s retreats & couples getaways
Respite for 300 struggling parents, combining recreation, education, and peer connection to rejuvenate the exhausted and strengthen families and marriages.
Therapy and rehabilitation
Subsidized mental health services for children and adults, helping dozens of families cope with anxiety, depression, trauma, and other psychological challenges.
Russian family services
Counseling, parenting workshops, and educational support tailored to Russian-immigrant families, including a 70-week program reaching over 1,000 participants.
Big Brother/Sister mentorship program
Academic and social support for 70 at-risk youth in disadvantaged communities, preventing school expulsions and building positive role models.
During long stretches of city-wide crisis, Our Own Way’s network of community leaders made life manageable.
Sderot resident
JOIN Emergency Response
When crisis struck, JOIN mobilized.
In response to the October 7th attacks and ensuing wars, JOIN launched targeted emergency initiatives to support families, children, and soldiers on the frontlines and the home front.
Trauma therapy for children and adults
Community support and rebuilding in towns affected by war and displacement
Remote learning support: laptops and tablets for teachers, and activity kits and localized study hubs for students
Essential needs for evacuees
The war had a glaring adverse impact on all of the youth – other than those in the Big Brother/Big Sister program.
