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ahada@amiad.org.il Tehila BaK 050-5840352 Phone-Fax 04-6909469 |
| Ahada's Administration |
| AHADA is administrated by a chairwoman, director, secretary and a secretariat and is a department in the United Kibbutz Movement offices under their jurisdiction. We are a recognized voluntary organization. |
| The chairwoman deals with personal problems of parents regarding their handicapped children in the Kibbutzim, supplies information about housing frames for the handicapped, pertinent rights and laws regarding future security for the handicapped, meets personally with parents who wish to discuss their problems, lectures before secretariats in Kibbutzim and Local Councils. Is responsible for the contents of the monthly newspaper, meetings of the secretariat, order of the meeting and is responsible for the protocol. Maintains contact with all the other organizations existing in Israel, the law offices and social and welfare departments of the United Kibbutz Movements, members of the Knesset who are politically attached to the United Kibbutz Movements, seminars and conventions. |
| The director is responsible for the organizations educational projects. We have ongoing educational projects in various high schools in different areas with pupils from 9th to 12th grades who volunteer their time helping the handicapped and special education pupils twice a week during the after school hours. The projects are partially financed by the Ministry of Education, the Local councils and other donations from different private funds. The projects are given instruction and advise by physchologists from Telem and educational advisors in the schools. In Beit Yerach school in the Jordan Valley we have a different type of model. Twice a week a club room is open where the handicapped can learn arts, do homework etc., with the help of pupils and tutors from the school. Our final goal is to establish further similar projects in every secondary area school in the country. Obviously it is essential for these projects to find funding which covers the expenses of the people involved, transportation, physcological backing, both for the pupils and the handicapped and materiel essential to opening the club room. |
| AHADAS Bar-Mitzvah project is ongoing in various kibbutzim. A class of Bar-Mitzvah children integrate during the year that they are doing tasks which are part of a yearly program for Bar-Mitzvah children, two or three challenged children, who normally would be unable to celebrate their Bar-Mitzvah. The project is extremely educational. Teaches the normal child, patience, tolerance and acceptance of the different child. The families also participate. We are constantly in need of donations to continue this important project. AHADA received a Certificate of Honor for this project from the Trump Foundation. |
| The secretary, is responsible for membership lists, distribution of the monthly newsletter and helps the chairwoman when necessary. |
| The secretariat has 15 members who are all volunteers. It meets once every six weeks to discuss the organizations policy, yearly activities and distribution of work. One member of the secretariat represents our organization in the Law and Statutory Committee in the Knesset and closely follows the passing of the Law for Equal Rights for the handicapped. She is in contact with Bezcut organization. Another member is responsible for the Parents School, which is now running for its eighth year. Parents hear lectures on various subjects pertaining to reasons for disabilities, genetic problems, new medication and equipment, laws and regulations, social and welfare rights and a varied curriculum of subjects from lecturers who are from an academic institution or from Government offices. The school has formed a very strong support group for the parents. |
| Future security.Most of the handicapped children (ages 18 - 55) who were born in kibbutzim are not members, which means that they do not have the rights of a member. Ahada and the legal departments of the United Kibbutz Movements recommend that the parents sign an agreement with the kibbutz in order to maintain their childrens rights under the Regulations of the Communal Association, clause ,66/67 which deals with dependents and to ensure future security. In light of the drastic changes that the kibbutz movements are undergoing in the last few years, signing an agreement ensures economical standing and future security for the handicapped child. |
| Our organization recommends that the kibbutzim should arrange life insurance for the handicapped, just as they do for other members, |
| Our organization offers kibbutzim an agreement to ensure future security for a handicapped person who was accepted as a member, at least 20-25 years ago with his peer group, and at that time was recognized as being handicapped, |
| With our recommendation and complete backing from the legal departments of the United Kibbutz Movements parents sign agreements with their kibbutz. Anyone who is interested in receiving a copy of the agreement should contact Tehila Bak, President. |
| Custody: Parents who have handicapped children and they are diagnosed as disqualified to be independent and are incapable of living independently are demanded according to the law from age 18 to arrange custody. We help parents by informing them how, where and what papers are essential for this legal procedure. |
| Monthly Newspaper: Is distributed to 1400 subscribers which include all parents, secretarys of kibbutzim, directors of rehabilitation/health committees on kibbutzim, to all departments of social services in local |
| councils, health centers and childrens clinics and to all the other organizations existing in Israel. |
| Membership fees: In order to cover part of our expenses we ask members to pay: 70 INS per year including monthly newspaper |
| Price of monthly newsletter for a year: 30 INS. |
| Membership entitles the member to a reduction on entrance fees to our one day seminars and other activities. |
| Anyone who is interested in joining our organization should contact: |
| Efraim Stern, Gonen, 04-6955184 or |
| Tehila Bak, Amiad, 04-6909469, Cell: 050-5840352 |
| Membership fees should be payable to: Mosdot Chinuch VeTarbut Ahada to the following address: |
| Shula Rozental, Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, P.M. Upper Galilee, 12210 |
| We supply receipts for each payment. |