This week Meir Cohen, Israeli Minister of Welfare, visited our shelter Friendship House/Galgal in Jerusalem. The shelter serves young women experiencing homelessness and operates in collaboration with the Ministry, Jerusalem municipality…
21,699 Israeli youth are not in a recognized educational setting, according to The Knesset Research and Information Center report that was published last month. Roy Homri, Head of ELEM’s Street…
As pride month come to an end we are excited to share with you our new webpage featuring our work with LGBTQIA+ youth and young people. Statistically, Israeli LGBTQIA+ youth…
ELEM’s Board Member, Dr. Charlotte Frank, died peacefully in her sleep on May 26th, 2022. Dr. Charlotte Frank was dedicated to public service. She began her career as a teacher…
Today, we want to share ELEM’s Accomplishments in Treating Sexual Violence. In 2021, close to 1,700 ELEM youth reported that they experienced sexual violence. A 230% increase compared to 2019….
Last week ELEM staff was fortunate enough to tour the new Covenant House center in NY along with representatives from additional Israeli organizations. We feel truly blessed to learn from…
We are excited to share ELEM 2021 annual report is out! “As a society, we must not ignore the cycles of poverty, distress and risk. ELEM is leading the rehabilitation…
We are so excited to share with you ELEM’s spring event! We had two, very special visitors from Israel. The first guest was Maya, the Head of the Extreme Risk…
This week marked a year since Operation Guardian of the Walls. The operation brought to an outburst of violence within mixed cities in Israel, where Arab and Jews live in…
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