“Shikmim,” an Israeli non-profit under Section 46a, which provides a range of educational, vocational, and residential services for young adults diagnosed with developmental disabilities.
Shikmim addresses the rehabilitative, occupational and social needs of young adults with various levels of mental and developmental disabilities. A daily schedule has the residents setting out for work in the morning. Most of them are employed at the Shikmim-sponsored workshop, but two of them work with the IDF. Their tasks include processing nuts to be sold to wholesale customers; assembling parts for irrigation systems, medical equipment, and greenhouse materials; metalworking; and packaging stationery and other office materials for stores and factories. In the afternoons and evenings they are invited to take part in a range of activities including various therapies, sports, computer, arts and crafts, exercise, and karaoke. Once a week they discuss internal social problems that preoccupy them and twice a month, together with their group leaders, they go on an outing to one of the area’s entertainment facilities. Once a year, with their counselors, they vacation in Eilat
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