Equal to Equal: The program that gives equal opportunity to young people with disabilities
The association's blessed "power" program allows young people with disabilities who have been exempted from military service to contribute their debt to society and receive the rights they deserve.
The program accompanies their first steps towards the development of personal and occupational independence and integration into the Israeli community and society.
In collaboration with the Association for Volunteering
20/01/2022
Thursday, 20 January 2022, 10:35 Updated: 14:41
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Experience in the world of employment and acquisition of employment skills.
"Power" program (Photo: The Association for Volunteering)
There are quite a few young people with various disabilities living in Israel today, including young people with autism, developmental intellectual disabilities, cognitive disabilities and motor disabilities. At times, these young people find it difficult to fit into the "normal course of life" and face various difficulties that arise during life. This is one of the reasons why the Volunteer Association decided to set up a "Power" program, designed for young people with disabilities who have been exempted from military service. The "Power" program of the Volunteer Association - the largest and oldest national service association that is celebrating its jubilee this year - provides equal opportunity for those young people and allows them to contribute to society and receive the rights they deserve.
For more details and to register for the program, click here >>
The program, funded and supervised by the Ministry of Welfare and the National Civil Service Authority, allows those young people (ages 17-27) to experience the world of employment and acquire occupational skills such as meeting deadlines, receiving authority, perseverance and more - while receiving a professional and inclusive envelope. And in Israeli society in general.
"Graduates of the program receive tools they did not have before," notes
Zohar Lavie
, director of populations at the Association for Volunteering.
"One of the things the program aims to do is to prepare those young people for life after the service - to be independent. Throughout the service they meet challenges and learn life skills that will help them later, when the experience itself simulates the job market through which they acquire occupational skills and life skills. Attendance, how to communicate with an employer, etc. "
Participants face challenges and learn life skills.
"Power" program (Photo: The Association for Volunteering)
Volunteer for meaningful national service and make their first steps in their adult lives.
"Power" program (Photo: The Association for Volunteering)
Close personal accompaniment and tailored to each participant.
"Power" program (Photo: The Association for Volunteering)
Release Grant and Certificate of Termination of Service: What do program participants receive?
As part of the program, these young men and women volunteer for meaningful national service, thus making their first steps in their adult lives towards the development of personal and occupational independence. "I started last year and I had a lot of fun," says
Sharon Soban
, who is in the middle of the service. "My job in the force is to help the students as they helped me when I was a student. I help them with homework and with the assignments from school. I come to school before the first lesson, meet the students and help them for the school day. I'm very good here, everyone already knows me, the environment "It's very pleasant and I like working with students. If I don't come one day, everyone asks me where I was."
It is without a doubt a powerful and formative experience, which will equip the graduates with a sense of security and personal ability for the future.
"There is no doubt that I received quite a few tools for life during the program," says Sharon.
"All the people who take part in the service come to you and help you. I got into it when I was a student, my educator pushed me into it and I'm glad it happened because I'm very connected to it. I really want to help children with different difficulties."
For more details and to register for the program, click here >>
Each participant receives close and tailored personal guidance and a personal promotion program.
In addition, the volunteers participate once every two weeks in a psycho-educational group delivered by professional instructors from the community center community. As part of the group, we provide rights and solutions "for the day after" in the areas of housing, employment, education and leisure.
"I definitely got quite a few tools for life during the show."
Sharon Soban (Photo: The Association for Volunteering)
The National Service enables young people with disabilities to be active and make a significant contribution (Photo: Anat Carmi Yavin)
The service is recognized by the state, during which the volunteers receive a monthly living allowance and at the end of each participant receives a certificate of completion of service recognized in institutions of higher education and among employers as well as a release grant and personal deposit.
"We see young people finishing their service and going to work in professions similar to the professions in which they worked during the program," Lavi adds.
"Some of them even stay to work where they served, like one of the graduates who did service in kindergarten and now works as a kindergarten teacher."
The national service enables young men and women with disabilities to be active and make a significant contribution to the country and community in which they live and at the same time to grow, develop and build a picture of their future.
For more details and to register for the program, click here >>
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