Gush Etzion Foundation

Throughout the years, experience has shown that an important therapeutic tool for dealing with Bat Ayin youth is activity. It involves participation in a clearly-defined project which the youth choose from a range of options. Their work is accompanied by therapeutic guidance and is personally geared for each participant in accordance with his/her abilities.
We would like to establish a youth center which will provide training in different areas – carpentry, jewellery-making, steel, stone, electronics, agriculture, painting, sculpture, sketching, motor mechanics, photography, etc.
The stated purpose of the program will be marketing the finished products inside and outside the community.
Simultaneously, the program aims to identify and address the youngsters’ needs – personal empowerment, improved self-image and self-confidence, self-development and responsibility, reduced truancy, etc.