Community-Based Enrichment Programs
The IACC Children, Youth, and Young Adults Department creates a meaningful space for personal and social development that complements the formal education system.
Our community centers design and implement a wide range of enrichment programs that equip children and youth with essential life skills and values, while fostering social and emotional development. These activities include youth leadership training and empowerment, volunteering, and civic engagement initiatives.
These programs promote responsibility, cooperation, and mutual respect, while creating meaningful learning experiences and opportunities for self-expression. Participation strengthens a sense of belonging and fosters civic engagement among youth and young adults.
Programs
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Local Beat Israel – Making Music, Building Community
Local Beat is a nationwide musical initiative of the IACC that combines experiential study of sources from Jewish-Israeli musical culture with the creation of original music. The program is open to musicians age 21 and up – singers, solo instrumentalists, and ensembles, who work in diverse formats. They take part in a structured creative process that deepens their connection to Jewish identity and to one another.
The Connected program for immigrant youth from France provides a supportive informal framework to help support and help immigrant children integrate into Israeli society.
The program is a joint venture of the Sports Department, together with the "Hechaluts" organization and the Hapoel Center, and its main goals are to provide a response to the need on the ground in creating close encounters between boys and girls from different communities and groups in Israeli society, and instilling values of fair sports education, tolerance, cooperation and equality.
A youth mentoring program is designed to reduce the dropout phenomenon in the Haredi sector, by reducing gaps and creating social mobility among youth in Haredi society.
An educational and recreational program for students with special needs, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.
K-12 program that promotes self-confidence and perseverance while encouraging a healthy lifestyle.
The Arts Enrichment Program exposes Israeli K-12 students to diverse artistic fields, inspiring them to engage thoughtfully through rich cultural worlds.
Offering educational enrichment and extracurricular activities for K-12.
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Givat Shmuel – No Exclusion, Only Belonging
Raising Awareness About Social Exclusion Among Teens It all began with a dance performance set to the song “Umbrella Child”, created by Chen Salem-Blu, Director of the Community Center’s Professional Dance School, for the school’s end-of-year showcase. The song, performed by singer Atara Oria, addresses the painful reality of social exclusion and is based on her personal life story. “As the dancers rehearsed, we could all feel the emotional power of the song and the choreography,” Salem-Blu...
A Special Intergenerational Phototherapy Project in Givat Shmuel
This week, the community of Givat Shmuel marked the conclusion of the “Koach Guy – Intergenerational Connections” program, a meaningful social-educational initiative held at the local community center. The program is named in memory of Major Guy Yaakov Nazri, a company commander in Battalion 52, who fell in combat in Gaza in October 2024. Throughout the year, local teenagers and senior citizens participated in a unique phototherapy workshop, using photography as a tool to build dialogue,...
A Meaningful Visit to the Yaldudes Early Childhood Center in Acre
On June 9, a moving visit took place at the Yaldudes Early Childhood Center in Acre, where a shelter was transformed into a welcoming learning space thanks to the generous support of Keren Hayesod.