At-Risk Populations
At-Risk Populations
The at-risk populations division of the Foundation is dedicated to advancing children, youth, and young adults facing challenges across various aspects of life. With a focus on fostering life skills, education, and employment opportunities, as well as preventing and enhancing out-of-home care settings, the division strives to fortify the sector to ensure the delivery of tailored, high-quality, and professional services. To accomplish these objectives, the Foundation offers strategic assistance, fosters and initiates partnerships within and across sectors, and actively engages in advocacy efforts to promote policies and pioneer innovative platforms within the field.
Aharon Shandor
The NGO was founded to assist young men and women at risk and lacking family support to lead independent lives within the community. It achieves this through two primary projects: The Apartment Project and the Direction/Orientation Project.
The Foundation’s Involvement
The inaugural initiative of the Shashua Family Foundation, founded in 2008 in memory of Aharon Shandor (father of the Foundation President), focuses on aiding young men and women at risk - a central pillar of the Foundation's mission. The Foundation President leads the association's executive committee and plays an active role in its administration.
Orr Shalom
Orr Shalom is committed to caring for children, youth and young people at risk who were removed from their parents’ custody by the welfare authorities due to circumstances of risk of extreme lack of protection and difficulties in parental functioning. The organization operates a variety of out-of-home solutions, including foster care at the center of Israel, community family residences and a graduate program.
The Foundation’s Involvement
The President of the Shashua Family Foundation began her professional life in 1999 as the founding director of the Ma’ale Adumim Group Home. Later, she served as the director of the Orr Shalom Group Home cluster. Since 2018, she has held the position of Chairwoman of the organization’s executive committee. She spearheads innovation initiatives and positions the organization as a leader in professional discourse within the field.
The Public Forum
Was created as a philanthropic and professional partnership comprised of representatives of Youth Villages, Social Service Boarding Schools and Foster Care in Israel. It acts as an objective entity to jointly advocate for these frameworks with this e government and in the public sphere to ensure that issues relating to children, youth and young adults are a national priority.
The Foundation’s Involvement
The Foundation has representation on the executive committee of the forum, serving as a partner in strategic decision-making and advocating for policy advancements on issues pertinent to children, youth, and young individuals at risk.
Niroot
Forum of Organizations for Young Adults at Risk
Includes over 30 social organizations from varying backgrounds who have joined together to support youth at risk by creating social change, promoting dialogue, awareness, interagency cooperation, and real time solutions.
The Foundation’s Involvement
The forum is currently supported and professionally guided by the Gandyr Foundation and the Shashua Family Foundation in order to build and develop professional tools and training, while providing a framework for organizations working with at-risk young men and women.
The Education Initiative
Joint Ashalim - Yated
The Initiative aims to promote the social-economic leadership of at-risk youth through secondary education. As part of the initiative, young people are supported at various stages of their educational journey: pre-education, during their studies, and transitioning into employment.
The Foundation’s Involvement
The Foundation provided support and actively participated in the steering committee of the project, investing significant resources, including professional expertise.
The Technoda
Nitzanim Program
A supplementary educational-therapeutic early childhood framework for 15 children aged 3-6. The program empowers these children by providing a safe, protective and stable space, simulating a caring home and providing for their social, emotional, behavioral, educational and developmental needs with a focus on science.
The Foundation’s Involvement
The program is overseen by a member of the Foundation's board, who supports enrichment programs and classes focusing on science and sports for children within the therapeutic framework.
- At-Risk Populations
- Tech & Science Education
- The Social Solidarity Foundation
- Research & Innovation
- Policy Promotion & Infrastructure Support
- Gender
Our support
In the field of at-risk populations, the Foundation annually supports various organizations. Here is a selection of some of them: