Yedidim for Youth and Society

Yedidim (‘Friends’) is a non-political, non-denominational organization which envisions an Israeli society where immigrant children and marginalized youth have equal opportunities to fully realize their strengths and talents. Yedidim touches the lives of 3,500 children, teens, and young adults each year throughout 120 communities across Israel and works in the realms of life skills & employability training, prevention and intervention of risk behaviors such as school dropout, delinquency and other self-destructive behaviors. Yedidim exists to empower children, youth, and young adults from diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds by helping tem to fully integrate into Israeli society. Yedidim systematically fosters in marginalized youth a sense of self-worth, belonging and self-confidence, thereby providing the at-risk population of Israel the tools it needs to flourish.