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Friends of Yemin Orde
Transforming Lives. Empowering Change.
January 2013
In This Issue
Thank You Friends!
Graduate Day
Graduate Spotlight
Marcus Challenge Grant
Weinberg Foundation Grant
Bridging the Cultural Divide in the IDF

We Welcome
Dale Okonow  

 To Our Board  

Friends of Yemin Orde is pleased to announce that Dale Okonow has joined its Board of Directors. Dale has vast leadership experience in nonprofits that serve children and families in need. Read On.

Village Construction Update:

Yemin Orde's rebuilding project is now well underway. Most of the work to clear and prepare the land for building is finished. 

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Rockville, MD 20852

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Discover the Beauty of Yemin Orde

Discover Yemin Orde: A Home. A Family. Forever. 
Friends of Yemin Orde is excited to present its new video, "Discover Yemin Orde: A Home. A Family. Forever." 

Our Sincere Thanks to Our Supporters

 

Thank You Todah RabahFriends of Yemin Orde extends a heartfelt thank you to our community of supporters for caring about the at-risk children at Yemin Orde Youth Village and at other educational communities throughout Israel. 

 

With your gifts, we can do so much more to bring quality education, activities, and support to Israel's next generation of leaders. Simply put, Israel's youth are depending on us. We must not let them down.

 

Our deep gratitude for your generous support of this important mission! 

Yemin Orde Graduates Receive Scholarships 

 

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Yemin Orde graduates serve as mentors to younger children and teens.

Graduates Day at Yemin Orde Youth Village provides opportunity for graduates to reunite with old friends and teachers, as well as re-affirm the important values and life lessons they learned at the Village.  On Dec. 25, 2012, nearly 100 graduates attended this special scholarship program.

 

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Graduate Spotlight: A Difficult Journey for Gadi

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Gadi Sahalo

 

Gadi Sahalo immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia when he was seven years old. Today, he is preparing for a different kind of journey as the first Ethiopian tour guide for Journeys to Poland, a program that offers the chance for Israeli teens to  visit concentration camps in Poland.

 

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Yemin Orde Receives $6.5 Million from Marcus Foundation of Atlanta to Help Expand Village Way Methodology in Israel

 

YOEI LogoWe are pleased to announce that Friends of Yemin Orde was recently awarded a $6.5 million challenge grant by the Marcus Foundation of Atlanta. The 2:1 challenge grant will assist Yemin Orde Educational Initiatives in broadening its unique and successful methodology to more therapeutic residential communities  and public schools in Israel. 

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Fire Recovery Plans On Track Thanks to Gift from Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

 

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Rebuilding Yemin Orde

Friends of Yemin Orde is pleased to announce it has received a $1 million grant from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation of Baltimore to help close the funding gap on comprehensive fire recovery efforts at Yemin Orde Youth Village in Israel. The grant will allow the construction project to be completed by July 2014, as planned.  

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Bridging the Cultural Divide for
Immigrant Soldiers  

 
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Connecting soldiers to each other
Yemin Orde Educational Initiatives (YOEI) has teamed with special units from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to organize communications workshops for IDF officers in an effort to provide meaningful military service to new immigrant soldiers.
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