ImpactIsrael, Inc.

ImpactIsrael is the philanthropic partner of Yemin Orde Youth Village and Village Way Educational Initiatives. Our central mission is to provide Israel's at-risk youth with a vibrant and holistic community of meaning, a future of hope and the essential tools for a productive life. Through our think tank and resource center, Village Way Educational Initiatives, we hope to expand the successful Village Way methodology to 91 educational communities throughout Israel, and impact even more at-risk youth. By 2026, we will serve 55,000 youth and 4,100 educators in Israel.

Our five-year goal is raise $36 million for Yemin Orde Youth Village and Village Way Educational Initiatives in order to support the expansion of our Village Way educational methodology to 59 youth villages, therapeutic residential communities and public high schools in Israel. Yemin Orde's Israeli leadership visits the United States throughout the year on speaking tours, meetings with donors and our Board of Directors, and attending private fundraising events. We are also hosting an international dinner gala in New York City in May 2018 to honor Israeli visionary educator Chaim Peri. This dinner is also a fundraiser designed to promote Yemin Orde to new donors and elevate our position in the New York region. We also encourage donors and prospective donors to visit Yemin Orde Youth Village on a trip to Israel and see, first-hand, how our holistic community of meaning is helping to transform the lives of hundreds of at-risk teens.

Our organization has a team of professional fundraisers situated on the East and West coasts who are dedicated to our mission to help Israel's youth at risk. They travel throughout their regions meeting with donors, organizing fundraising events, hosting graduates and visitors from the Village and planning private trips to Israel for prospective donors. Our volunteer Board of Directors also engages in fundraising efforts and actively promotes ImpactIsrael in their communities.

There are many new and innovative programs at Yemin Orde Youth Village as a result of our fundraising: a new partnership with the Israel Defense Forces that provides important technology training to students; upgrades to the Village's onsite dental clinic; expansion of Yemin Orde Eco-Farm where youth take classes in agriculture, ceramics, metal and woodworking, as well as learn responsibility in tending to the site's farm animals; U.S. tour of youth choir; presentation at international symposium in Germany on residential education. VWEI is committed to expanding the Village Way methodology and transforming thousands of lives in Israel through long-term systemic change in Israel's education curriculum for immigrant and troubled youth. The methodology is part of the curriculum in Israel's universities and teaching colleges, including Hebrew University's School of Education; VWEI organizes an annual symposium for Israel's educators; third-part evaluators measure the success of our integration process; programs for educators that create professional alliances for learning and developing leadership abilities, and more.
VWEI has a strategic plan to expand to 91 communities from 2022-2026.