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Adanim (youth Village)
Adanim Youth Village ( he, כפר נוער עדנים, ''Kfar No'ar Adanim'') is a youth village in the northwestern Negev desert of southern Israel. Located close to Beit Kama, it is within the borders of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. The youth village was established in 2007 and houses a boarding school catering for around 60 pupils age 12 to 18 with mental and emotional difficulties. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Welfare and Social Services The Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services ( he, משרד העבודה, הרווחה והשירותים החברתיים, ''Misrad HaAvoda, HaRevaha VeHaSherutim HaHevrati'im'') is the branch of government charged with overseeing em .... External linksOfficial website {{Bnei Shimon Regional Council Youth villages in Israel Populated places established in 2007 Populated places in Southern District (Israel) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Village
A youth village ( he, כפר נוער, ''Kfar No'ar'') is a boarding school model first developed in Mandatory Palestine in the 1930s to care for groups of children and teenagers fleeing the Nazis. Henrietta Szold and Recha Freier were the pioneers in this sphere, known as youth aliyah, creating an educational facility that was a cross between a European boarding school and a kibbutz. History The first youth village was Mikve Israel. In the 1940s and 1950s, a period of mass immigration to Israel, youth villages were an important tool in immigrant absorption. Youth villages were established during this period by the Jewish Agency, WIZO, and Na'amat. After the establishment of Israel, the Israeli Ministry of Education took over the administration of these institutions, but not their ownership. The Hadassah Neurim Youth Village, founded by Akiva Yishai, was the first vocational school for Youth Aliyah children, who had been offered only agricultural training until then. From th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
