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Retirement - The Window of Opportunity
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This innovative venture continues to create valued occupational opportunities for the elderly through the establishment of a vocational center. The areas of occupation in the center are: handicraft manufacturing (SAVI), handicraft workshops, a retail outlet, a treatment center, and handicraft stalls.
Since Retirement - the Window of Opportunity joined the IVN Social Entrepreneur Fellowship Program in 2008, more than 40 elders have found employment and hundreds of children and elders benefit from the Center and its activities. |
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| Women Embroidering "Adanet" (Together) |
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The venture was established with the intention of integrating unemployed Jewish Ethiopian women into the Israeli society and economy. What started as a social gathering now consists of tens of Ethiopian women living in Beer Sheva embroidering chala and matza covers, table cloths, mezuzah cases, place mats and much more, all with their traditional designs. They work from home and meet once a week with guides who help them with design, manufacturing, marketing and sales.
Since Women Embroidering “Andanet” joined the IVN Social Entrepreneur Fellowship Program in 2008, more than 30 Ethiopian women are now part of the group and the sales are rising annually. |
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Sidreh: Negev Bedouin Weaving
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Sidreh is a Bedouin women’s association in the Negev whose weaving project provides culturally acceptable employment for Bedouin women in the Negev. Sidreh allows these women to work from home - harnessing their home-grown talents and traditions - and helps them become empowered, income generating members of their family and society. Sidreh joined IVN’s portfolio in 2009 as part of the IVN Economic Reconstructive Initiative (IERI).
Thanks to Sidreh, over 20 Bedouin women in the Negev are able to help support their families and the numbers are growing. These women truly are a role model to others in their community. |
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| Tech-Career |
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Tech-Career helps the Ethiopian population take its own place in Israeli high-tech by providing technology training for Ethiopian immigrants and guaranteeing placement for graduates in well-paying, valued positions.
Since Tech- Career joined the IVN Social Entrepreneur Fellowship Program in 2007, more than 150 Israeli Ethiopian students have enrolled in the program, of which more than 100 now work in the high tech industry. |
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| Tsofen |
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Tsofen enables Arab academic job seekers to join the Israeli high-tech market by providing an innovative high-tech employment and training nuclei.
Since Tsofen joined the IVN Social Entrepreneur Fellowship Program in 2008, more than 200 Arab academics have graduated and joined the high-tech industry.
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| Work from Within - A Haredi Employment Venture |
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Work from Within established the multi-million dollar “Kemach Fund” to provide support for the Haredi population seeking to enter the work force. It provides a holistic approach and eases the passage to the world of employment by providing the necessary means for Haredi job seeker to overcome existing economic, social and religious barriers.
Since they joined the IVN Social Entrepreneur Fellowship Program in 2005, more than 500 have graduated from the program with an employment rate of more than 75%. |
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| IsraEmploy |
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IsraEmploy is a one-stop on-line resource for new immigrant job seekers and employers, information, support, and advice through a national network.
Since IsraEmploy joined the IVN Social Entrepreneur Fellowship Program in 2004, more than 33,500 people have subscribed to the website and the numbers are growing daily. |
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