1. Establishment and operation of a quality social center for people with special needs, for their integration into the community and strengthening public welfare. Rental and adaptation of a building to the needs of people with special needs. A population of people with special needs living in social isolation and lacking communication skills and abilities with others, requires a safe, protected, and permanent place in order to learn social skills.
2. Provision of life skills and social competencies through structured and coherent programs for personal and social development, supported by organized curricula in a variety of fields: multidisciplinary arts, dance, voice and singing, physical fitness, cooking and baking, photography, social groups.
3. Rehabilitation, development, and implementation of abilities for independent living in the community: experience and practice of life skills, daily life skills for independent living, training toward employment and productivity, job placement and mentoring, operation and management of an alternative housing arrangement in the community, development of self-advocacy abilities and coping with difficulties and obstacles, development of communication abilities with the environment.
4. Programs for raising awareness of normative society regarding people with special needs: creation of mutual meetings between the two communities, cooperation and projects, leisure and cultural activities, guidance in workplaces, interviews and articles in media and lectures in educational institutions, creation of a volunteer framework enabling acquaintance with the population, training of professional teams
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Community and Society