Neve Michael Children's Home

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Why there is a Neve Michael Children’s Home
The world lacks not for horrors. Depression, disability, depravity, all lurk just slightly below our awareness. They can extract tolls of untold magnitude from the most vulnerable and innocent of all - children.

Neve Michael is a safe haven for Israeli children at risk, whose biological parents can no longer care for them. We provide sustenance, education, and a warm and caring environment to over 250 needy children from the ages of 4 to 18.

Neve Michael, located in Pardes Hanna in Northern Israel, serves children from all over Israel who are brought to our doorstep at a tender age and under traumatic circumstances. These unfortunate children were separated from their natural parents, parents who in many cases are afflicted with mental illness or drug and alcohol addictions.

Our Mission Statement
At Neve Michael, our mission is to provide the best education and therapeutic care for our children, so that they can overcome their past traumas and develop into healthy and vibrant young men and women.

Our Home
Our home is divided into several components:

• A 24-hour crisis centre that receives children in emergency circumstances.
• We receive children from all over the country.
• Family units that provide our children with the love, warmth, support and stability that is so sorely lacking in their young lives.
• Our school, tutoring services and therapy programs are tailored to meet the individual needs of our children.
• New Zealand House, our prized arts and creativity centre, so generously funded by previous UIA Auckland fund raising campaigns. This is where our children can relax, have fun and enjoy life.
• A synagogue that provides a spiritual meeting place for our children where they become acquainted with their Jewish heritage.

The Intangibles
The real services we provide at Neve Michael are the intangibles. For example, it’s the social atmosphere in New Zealand House that brings our children together and teaches them how to interact with one another. The kindness that is expressed in so many ways by our wonderful staff and caring house mothers who tuck our children into bed at night when they’re small. It’s all these intangibles, and all the subtle gestures of human kindness that help restore our children’s confidence in themselves and their faith in other people.

It is also your kindness and assistance that gives us the tools to enable our children to break the vicious cycle of distress.
Thank you, for together, we make a difference in the lives of over 250 children.