Yad Elie

On a daily basis, Yad Elie feeds more than 500 needy schoolchildren in West and East Jerusalem. Yad Elie wants to help these children to better concentrate in class and to succeed in school, and on the job market. The volunteers of Yad Elie organize fundraising events, benefit concerts, competitions and lectures to raise funds and to draw attention to the problem of food insecurity and malnourishment amoung schoolchildren.Yad Elie has set up schoolgardens where children grow their own produce and has financed the building of schoolkitchens. Yad Elie supports educational programs on health and nutrition. Yad Elie works with children of all creeds in Jewish and Arab schools in Jerusalem. Yad Elie creates opportunities for school staff and parents from various schools to meet, discuss and work together.