Oren from Keren Hayesod-UIA in Jerusalem takes us on a tour of the Kiryat Yearim Youth Village for youth at risk.

The number of youth at risk constitutes one of Israel’s most serious problems. Keren Hayesod-UIA supported Youth Villages are addressing this – providing a normative, residential environment where they can receive the appropriate care in order to heal and flourish.

Take a tour of the village with Oren…

Youth Villages employ a multi-pronged approach to the academic and social rehabilitation of youth at risk, which includes:

• A remedial junior high school program to close educational gaps and help mainstream youth transition into normative high school frameworks
• Individually tailored interventions and intensive tutoring
• Therapeutic and psychological counselling
• Extra-curricular activities that maximise and reinforce positive behavioural models, such as sports, art and animal care