Over 125,000 Israelis have been displaced following the events of October 7th. The Dead Sea area alone currently hosts 12,000 people, 2,000 of whom are youth.
With their world turned upside down, their homes burnt to the ground, friends and family murdered or held captive, saying that displaced youths are struggling is an understatement.
To that end, our biggest effort at this time is our pop-up safe spaces. We currently operate four, with plans to expand to a total of 20.
These spaces are meant specifically for youth who’ve been evacuated and are located in towns hosting evacuees.
We opened the first locations right after the attacks and have already seen hundreds of youths, some of whom were at the Nova Festival massacre.
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