The Umbrella Program – Accessible and Adapted Volunteering Programs
In order to increase and strengthen the volunteering spirit among medical students, we examined the reasons why students are unable to volunteer. A survey conducted last year revealed that the large majority of the students believe that volunteering and community involvement are an important part in our lives, and that the main difficulty in the student's life is the limited free time.
In addition, it was found that most students can cope with volunteering in a framework that will not be overly demanding, at an estimated time of one hour per week / two weeks. In order to leverage and promote this idea, we have prepared and gathered for you over the past year a large inventory of associations and organizations in which you can find a voluntary framework. We've outlined the time frames you need for each organization, and now all you have to do is specify when you want to volunteer: day, hour, and frequency. We will arrange a volunteering program for you.
Moreover, we note that the activity will be coordinated as much as possible with the "Volunteering Eligibility" program, and we will make every effort to enable the receipt of the credit for community involvement in accordance with the number of hours invested.
Already confused by all the voluntary associations, volunteering days and projects? Let us help you, just choose a day, time and frequency. We saved you the research, the indecision and the clarifications, all you have to do is the main thing, to volunteer.
Below is a list of the latest organizations, you are invited to recommend about additional organizations, to publish the project and expand the circle!!
| Voluntary Association | Description |
| Elwyn | Elwyn Rehabilitation Institute, volunteering with children aged 6 months to 7 years, who were born with genetic defects and have developmental problems. The goal of volunteering is mainly to pay attention to as many children as possible by playing, which is essential for improving development and providing cognitive stimulation, in addition to preventing their deterioration |
| Big Brother | The student will accompany a lone soldier with the goal of empowering the soldiers, giving them a sense of ability, belonging, and self-confidence to make independent decisions |
| Older Brothers And Sisters | Personal support of children and single parent families - orphans, divorced families, single mothers and more |
| Akim Haifa | Community housing system for people with mental retardation. Any recreation activity from which the resident and the volunteer will benefit. a film, bowling, hiking, coffee shop, crafts and more |
| Beit Avraham - a Jewish-Spanish Old-Age Home | Regular meetings with a permanent resident. Help in group activity. An initiative of group activity. Teaching computer applications for an individual or a group |
| Beit Dina | Beit Dina is a home for elderly people between the ages of 80-100, women and men, single and couples, the goal of Beit Dina is to raise the quality of life of elderly people coming from a low socio-economic background. Students are needed to help the elders acquire basic computer skills |
| House of Wheels | An organization that provides rehabilitation and social activities for children and adults with physical disabilities |
| Dror Education Schools | Help with homework and of giving lessons (optional) |
| Derech Hamelech | Accompanying youth at-risk in their workplace. Personal mentoring for youth according to their job |
| The Association for The Blind | Salsa, accompanying for cinema, sports walking, workshops and more |
| The Neighbor and The Sea | Volunteering with the elderly in Bat-Galim. Home visits, social hospitality, trips, social gatherings at Bar-Galim Community Center and Bat Galim and more |
| Yael Rambam | Logistic help with patients |
| Guide Dogs | Raising and basic training of a puppy intended to serve as a guide dog. Registration for the project takes time and must be carried out directly with the volunteering organizations |
| Leket Israel | The students collect food from agricultural fields to donate, pack food packages and distribute them to homes |
| Internal Department, Bnei Zion Hospital | Volunteering in the Internal Medicine Department at Bnei Zion Hospital |
| Halisa Community Center | Help with homework, teaching classes (optional), work in the neighborhood school |
| Neve Yosef | Working with youth between 6th and 12th grade - Beit Magentza - computer center and learning center and social activity - with children and youth - a green house and a house of goals - arts, cooking, music room, a center for preparing homework, a computer center that has everything needed for studying, including computer programs and computer applications |
| Giving With Love | Food packaging for needy families in Haifa and distribution to the families' homes. The activity on Thursday is packaging ingredients for the Shabbat meal. 16:30 Thursdays |
| Ironi Alef | A medical project with high school students |
| The Grace Society Kamil Shehadeh | A homework and recreation center for youth from the Arab sector |
| Amcha | Visiting holocaust survivors in their homes. Social support and serving a listening ear for elderly Holocaust survivors |
| Push | Assistance in mathematics, English and more |
| Pa’amonim Project | Pa'amonim aspires to a reality in which the families in Israel conduct a balanced and responsible economic life in an honest way, a reality that will help build economic and social resilience. After a training workshop, the student will be in continuous contact with one of the families who are being supported in the project and will help the family manage a balanced budget |
| Bat Galim Afternoon Child Care Facility | Activities for children in Bat Galim |
| Shilo - Kiryat Eliezer Daycare Center | Volunteering will be very convenient for students living in Kiryat Eliezer. The daycare center helps elderly people with neurodegenerative problems (Alzheimer's, Cerebral Degeneration, etc.) and through meetings and activities (stimulating memories, music, conversations, etc.) try to preserve the existing brain state and prevent further deterioration |
