You can help WIZO Ukrainian students in two ways:
Supporting the large, constantly growing number of Ukrainian teens aged 12-17 arriving at WIZO Youth Villages as refugees.
THEY WILL NEED:
- Clothing, Shoes & Toiletries
- Beds & Mattresses
- Towels & Linens
- Professional Assessments
- Medications
- Psychotherapy in their Native Language
- New school programming to ease their transition
Galia Meron, Director of WIZO Nachlat Yehuda Youth Village, and all other Youth Village directors are striving to accommodate as many refugee youths as possible. After undergoing professional assessments to determine their emotional state, WIZO will provide counseling, any necessary medications, and psychiatric care in their native language.
To meet their social needs, additional youth counselors will need to be hired, along with enrichment programming and tutoring to fill their educational gaps and challenges.
“These teen refugees will be arriving emotionally broken with practically nothing other than the clothes on their backs.”
Helping the 68 Ukrainian children who already live and study in WIZO Youth Villages as part of the Na’ale program for international students.
These past weeks have been filled with fear and increasing anxiety for the 68 Ukrainian teens already living and studying in WIZO’s youth villages. Having made aliya, they were hopeful that their families would soon follow and join them in Israel, but suddenly nothing seemed certain anymore as they watched the news and prayed for their family’s safety.
Galia Meron told us about a student named Irena: “She was distraught and appeared lost. I saw her wandering on the campus grounds; she couldn’t stop crying and shaking. All I could do to try to comfort her was to wrap my arms around her and hug her.”
Irena is one of 68+ students who need WIZO’s help to cope emotionally. She and her peers require extra support and psychotherapy that could not have been predicted.
To respond to each teenager’s needs during the traumatic situation, WIZO will be providing treatment and medical care not covered by Israel’s national health insurance.
