Laofek – Achotenu (Our Sister)
The “Laofek – Achotenu” program operates nationwide to narrow gaps in economic opportunities and develop professional leadership among Ethiopian-Israeli female university graduates. Tailored for “Achotenu” graduates who completed academic degrees in allied-health professions, the program offers personal mentorship to ensure optimal integration into the workforce and influential positions across Israel. The program provides special consideration and custom adaptations for women currently serving or who have served in the military reserves within the past two years.
Arim Rashi (I Will Raise My Head)
The resilience program by the “Arim Rashi” association operates at the Shiah Farm in Beit Yitzhak, providing gender-tailored therapeutic and emotional support for women coping with post-traumatic symptoms from military reserve service or past events. Designed for women who served in the reserves during the “Swords of Iron” war, the program offers an intensive 127-hour track per participant. This track includes professional meetings, group and individual therapy, art therapy, therapeutic horseback riding, and SUP surfing. The association operates distinct, specialized tracks to differentiate between women who experienced trauma in the recent war and those dealing with post-trauma from more distant past events.
Rehabilitation Fund – Women Rising in Manara
The “Women Rising in Manara” program by the Rehabilitation Fund (The Kibbutz Movement) operates in Kibbutz Manara to support reserve soldiers’ wives during their return to the kibbutz, enhance personal resilience, and provide tools to handle daily routine challenges in a severely damaged community. The program serves women from the kibbutz (where most homes were damaged) who returned with their families to the community while their partners remain on active reserve duty. Activities include group meetings in a supportive female space and a concluding multi-day seminar, focusing specifically on challenges such as children returning to educational frameworks, reintegration into the workforce, and managing the household under an ongoing security threat.
NATAL – The Druze Community
The Female Empowerment and Resilience Program in the Druze Community, led by NATAL, operates in Isfiya and Daliat el-Karmel to establish a safe space for personal resilience and provide tools for addressing the community’s unique wartime challenges. The program supports Druze women of diverse backgrounds and ages who are dealing with loss, family members serving in the security forces, and the tension between modernization and tradition. Activities consist of individual and group sessions offering culturally accessible therapeutic support. The program places a core emphasis on the woman’s role as a community and family pillar in Druze society, providing participants with an anchor and tools to manage routine and family life during times of crisis.
Journey 4 Hope
The “Journey 4 Hope” program operates as an outdoor field initiative across Israel, aiming to strengthen the personal and communal resilience of bereaved mothers, create a supportive community, and assist them in returning to active functioning and choosing life anew. The program is designed for mothers who lost their children during the October 7th events and the “Swords of Iron” war. Activities include a group resilience journey, experiential outdoor challenges, and structured professional guidance toward a process of growth. The program emphasizes mutual responsibility as a key vehicle for rehabilitation, providing targeted support for the unique challenges bereaved mothers face in maintaining family cohesion, reintegrating into work, and actively returning to community life.
Itworks – Vocational Rehabilitation
The vocational rehabilitation program by the “Itworks” association operates in the northern region to build family and community resilience through employment rehabilitation, establishing economic stability, and integrating women into technology and advanced industries. The program targets northern women and mothers impacted vocationally by the war, focusing primarily on previously displaced women and those from challenging socioeconomic backgrounds. Activities include specialized professional training, comprehensive preparation for the workforce (CV writing, mentoring, and industry exposure meetings), and personal guidance leading up to actual job placement. The program emphasizes securing dedicated job slots for graduates, embedding personal resilience tools as an integral part of the professional training process.
Teen Talk
The “Teen Talk” – Write Your Success Story program, by the Israel Center for Excellence in Education, takes place in Kiryat Shmona to narrow social gaps, empower young girls, and create social mobility through journalism and communications studies. The program is intended for girls from peripheral areas, with a special focus on those from the northern region and those displaced by the “Swords of Iron” war. Operating in girls-only groups, the initiative builds communication skills (both written and verbal), content creation, meetings with role models, and preparation for meaningful military or national service and academia. It focuses heavily on using journalism as a tool to amplify personal voice and community resilience, closely connecting participants with inspiring local figures.
By your side – Lefrosch Kanaf Association
The “Lezidech- by your side” project by the “Lefrosch Kanaf” association provides therapeutic, supportive, and financial solutions for women whose partners were severely wounded in the war, guiding them from a crisis mindset toward growth. The program targets wounded soldiers’ wives who face a complex new reality involving the management of their partner’s rehabilitation, dealing with difficult emotional dynamics in the family, and bearing sole responsibility for the household. Activities feature specialized workshops to build an empowerment network that continues post-program as an independent support group, launching joint initiatives for all wounded soldiers’ wives—driven by the principle that giving and creating foster capability and purpose. This year, the program runs two dedicated tracks: one for wives of wounded reserve soldiers, and a targeted track for wounded reserve soldiers’ wives who own small businesses, who receive economic and managerial tools to revive their business alongside resilience workshops.
Shiluv Association – Mothers of War Widows
The Support Project for Mothers of War Widows by the “Shiluv” association (founded by Edna Bronstein, mother of the widow of Israeli hero Arnon Zamora Z”L) aims to strengthen the circle of mothers of “Swords of Iron” war widows. The program was born from the understanding that the resilience of these mothers and their ability to support their widowed daughters and grandchildren is critical to the entire family’s healing, while also addressing a support gap that currently receives no other formal response. Activities are conducted in a dynamic group format led by professionals and guest experts, providing participants with emotional tools, a mutual support network, and a safe space to process their experiences to rebuild family resilience.
Alma Academy – Female Youth Leadership
The “Alma” Academy for Female Leadership operates in Jerusalem as a unique, all-female pre-military framework that empowers at-risk young women from the periphery to develop resilience, self-worth, and leadership. The program features six months of communal living, intensive studies, and IDF preparation, utilizing a co-management model that transfers authority to the participants alongside personal guidance for optimal military placement (over 80% improve their roles). The 2027 work plan focuses on two main tracks: executing a full residential training program with emotional and educational support, and deepening long-term guidance and impact for alumnae throughout their military service.
Youth Future (The Jewish Agency) – Nir Oz Community
The “Youth Future” program, a subsidiary of The Jewish Agency, operates a targeted intervention in the Nir Oz community to build resilience and provide a stable, long-term support network for children and families affected by multidimensional trauma. The program utilizes the “Trustee Model”—a holistic three-year mentorship led by professional trustees across five domains (personal, family, social, educational, and communal)—in close cooperation with local educational and community teams. The work plan focuses on ensuring therapeutic continuity, long-term rehabilitation, and community support by maintaining the current trustee while recruiting an additional trustee to expand personal and group guidance for children and youth in need.
Fund for Victims of Terror – Breathing Space in Colors
The “Breathing Space in Colors” program, by the Fund for Victims of Terror (established by The Jewish Agency, Keren Hayesod, and the Jewish Federations of North America), operates in partnership with the Tel Aviv Museum of Art to provide a safe space for emotional processing, personal and community resilience, and alleviating isolation. Designed for elderly women who experienced loss and displacement from the Gaza envelope and northern Israel, the program combines therapeutic discourse in galleries with creative studio workshops, alongside a concluding intergenerational session with family members. The work plan focuses on expanding operations by running 3–5 additional cohorts for women from the Gaza envelope, alongside launching a new, accessible track tailored for women from the north, featuring focused study days, tours, and creative workshops at the museum.
Wings Program – Lone Soldier Support
The “Wings” program (established by The Jewish Agency and the Merage Foundation) provides holistic, professional guidance for female and male lone immigrant soldiers before enlistment, during their service, and after discharge, to ensure their full integration into Israeli society. Since the outbreak of the “Swords of Iron” war, demands have risen sharply, particularly among discharged soldiers who continue to serve in the reserves while navigating employment, housing, and health challenges. The program’s comprehensive mentorship model spans all life domains, including vocational assessment, financial and personal coaching, rights utilization, expanded mental health support, and a 24/7 hotline. The work plan focuses on expanding psychological and therapeutic support, delivering tailored vocational and financial consulting, and maintaining year-round guidance to provide participants with a secure anchor and a permanent address for assistance.
Mentors – One-on-One Program (The Jewish Agency)
The “Mentors – One-on-One” program by The Jewish Agency operates in youth villages to provide personal guidance, direction, and growth tools for young women lacking family backing who are transitioning to independent life, military service, and adulthood. The program offers long-term mentorship spanning approximately six years (ages 17 to 23) by pairing highly motivated participants with volunteer female mentors who receive professional training and ongoing guidance. This model is proven to reduce dropout rates while strengthening personal resilience, vocational skills, and self-efficacy. The work plan focuses on funding and operating dedicated female mentorship pairings, completing screening processes, building training and matching frameworks, and delivering continuous professional support to ensure a stable safety net during critical life decisions.
Special Grant for empowering women
The Arieh Yehuda Israel Foundation supports women volunteers in their community, such as those who were part of the projects supported by the foundation, who have an aspiration to advance and develop.
It is given to women who have overcome many difficulties, distress, and obstacles on the way to success and self-fulfilment, and it recognizes and appreciates their volunteering, their exceptional efforts and their determination on the road to success.