Community The Power to Change

09 For you 10 Burgani 11 Wadi Gibor

An initiative of two ultra-orthodox women, who created a barter system: receiving and distributing clothing and household equipment for children and babies. Additionally, the participants searched for companies who were prepared to donate products past their expiration date to prepare gift packages for new mothers and disadvantaged women. The project creates unconventional connections between secular and ultra-orthodox people, together with implementing shared values of sustainability.

A nursery and spice garden that operates at an ancient sandstone quarry at Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael. The project imparts values of sustainability and sustainable gardening to the kibbutz community and its institutions. In this framework, there is a carpentry workshop that uses reused materials and a community project to create compost.

Restoration of the wadi which is located in the Neve Sharett neighborhood of Zikhron Ya’akov. This site, which was abandoned and neglected, has changed its appearance: a path was cleared, benches were installed, and trees were planted. Ongoing maintenance and upkeep have created an important meeting place for residents of this renewed neighborhood.

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