MENIFA

Menifa is Israel’s leading non-profit helping families to heal. We work with Israel’s welfare and education authorities to help children and young people, including serving soldiers, return to full functioning after suffering trauma or breakdown. Menifa’s unique approach provides a holistic professional rehabilitation framework with individual and group therapy plus counselling for parents, and creates a social support framework for each young person. Our overall goal is to help teachers and social workers improve their strategies for dealing with young people and their challenges. Over the past 20 years, Menifa has established more than 800 programs around Israel, reaching every sector and embracing mixed populations, including 50,000 beneficiaries defined as living in a state of dysfunction. Our programs are designed to create a safety net around each young person, while involving their family and community as agents of change in their lives. We champion this functional approach to rehabilitation which combines education, treatment, counseling, and accessing financial assistance from state agencies where needed. Menifa’s unique methodology has been proven with groups of disadvantaged immigrants, children and youth experiencing trauma, school dropouts, traumatized soldiers, and other young people often neglected by Israel’s welfare services. Our impact is evidenced by our ongoing partnerships with national and local governmental organizations.