Ma'ase

Ma'ase Organization was established in 2004, with the aim of Promoting equal opportunities and leadership development among young adults from the periphery, by applying a volunteering framework and alum programs Ma'ase emphasizes recruiting youngsters aged 18-21 from "weakened" backgrounds to volunteering frameworks and developing a professional, supportive infrastructure to help the volunteers achieve optimal performance. Ma'ase has taken a new, innovative approach, based on principles of demanding achievement and realizing capabilities which goals are to lead individual advancement, to broaden accessibility to leadership and volunteering and to improve the standards of young people's volunteer work. Ma'ase operates on three central axes to realize its goals: -operating volunteering frameworks18-21 in the periphery -undertaking systematic development of broad professional knowledge -providing training and placement services for other organizations. Ma'ase operates 550 young volunteers in around 50 local municipalities and provides content, training and placement services for 1,000 additional volunteers. Ma'ase cooperates with approximately 40 non-profit organizations and funding bodies.