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Yachdav

Israeli nonprofit association operating therapeutic-rehabilitative social services across the Negev and southern Israel.

Last updated September 29, 2026

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Overview

Yachdav (Hebrew: יחדיו; "Together") is an Israeli registered nonprofit association (amuta) founded in 1999 with the stated goal of expanding and improving social services. It initiates, develops, and operates social projects in Israel's social and geographic periphery, running a broad spectrum of programs that form a therapeutic-rehabilitative continuum of care. This continuum is designed to make it easier for service recipients to move between different frameworks according to their changing needs. The association's activities span several fields: disabilities, addictions and rehabilitation, at-risk youth and adolescents, early childhood and at-risk children, and the "Yachdav Chair" (Katedra) — an interdisciplinary initiative for study centers, training, courses, lectures, seminars, and community connection. Its programs include 24/7 frameworks and daily therapeutic community frameworks, operating on a model that provides comprehensive therapeutic continuity, support and protection, reinforcement, accompaniment, guidance, and social mobility while integrating youth and children into the community. According to Hebrew Wikipedia, Yachdav — Be'er Sheva and the South operates social services in the Negev from the Kiryat Gat and Kiryat Malakhi area to Eilat. It runs youth villages, shelters for battered women, family-based care homes (mishpachtons), boarding schools, and frameworks for people with special needs. Among its well-known projects are Ruach Midbar and the Ogen Community Youth Village. As of the time described, the chair of the association is Dr. Esther Luzzatto and the director-general is Yair Baer. Its annual turnover in 2019 was approximately 122,951,741 shekels, and it employed about 1,000 people that year. Most of its budget comes from services provided to the state and local authorities. The association is registered as amuta no. 58-032-388-9 and holds Income Tax approval for donations under Section 46 of the Income Tax Ordinance, a proper management certificate, bookkeeping approval, and withholding tax approval. All donations to the association are identified donations.

History

Yachdav was established in 1999 as a registered Israeli nonprofit association with the aim of expanding and improving social services. From its base in Be'er Sheva and the South, it developed a broad portfolio of social programs in Israel's social and geographic periphery, building a therapeutic-rehabilitative continuum that allows service recipients to move between frameworks as their needs change. Over the years the association expanded into multiple fields: disabilities, addictions and rehabilitation, at-risk youth and adolescents, early childhood and at-risk children, and the Yachdav Chair (Katedra), an interdisciplinary initiative for study centers, training, courses, lectures, seminars, and community connection. Its frameworks include 24/7 settings and daily therapeutic community frameworks, operating on a model of comprehensive therapeutic continuity, support and protection, reinforcement, accompaniment, guidance, and social mobility while integrating youth and children into the community. According to Hebrew Wikipedia, Yachdav — Be'er Sheva and the South operates social services in the Negev from the Kiryat Gat and Kiryat Malakhi area to Eilat. It runs youth villages, shelters for battered women, family-based care homes (mishpachtons), boarding schools, and frameworks for people with special needs. Among its well-known projects are Ruach Midbar and the Ogen Community Youth Village. As of the period described, the chair of the association is Dr. Esther Luzzatto and the director-general is Yair Baer. Its annual turnover in 2019 was approximately 122,951,741 shekels, and it employed about 1,000 people that year. Most of its budget comes from services provided to the state and local authorities. The association is registered as amuta no. 58-032-388-9 and holds Income Tax approval for donations under Section 46 of the Income Tax Ordinance, a proper management certificate, bookkeeping approval, and withholding tax approval. All donations to the association are identified donations.

  • 2019

    Annual turnover approximately 122,951,741 shekels; about 1,000 people employed.

  • 1999

    Yachdav association founded with the aim of expanding and improving social services.

Products and positioning

Nonprofit social-services operator focused on Israel's social and geographic periphery, providing a therapeutic-rehabilitative continuum of care.

  • Therapeutic-rehabilitative service continuum

    A spectrum of programs forming a continuum of therapeutic-rehabilitative services that facilitates movement between frameworks according to changing needs.

  • Disabilities programs

    Frameworks and services for people with disabilities.

  • Addictions and rehabilitation programs

    Treatment and rehabilitation aimed at positive change and increasing the chance of returning to normative life after treatment.

  • At-risk youth and adolescents frameworks

    24/7 and daily therapeutic community frameworks providing comprehensive therapeutic continuity, support, protection, reinforcement, accompaniment, guidance, and social mobility.

  • Early childhood and at-risk children frameworks

    24/7 and daily therapeutic community frameworks integrating children into the community.

  • Yachdav Chair (Katedra)

    Interdisciplinary initiative for study centers, training, courses, lectures, seminars, and community connection; consolidates and develops professional knowledge accumulated in the association.

  • Shelters for battered women

    Shelters operated as part of the association's welfare and education programs.

  • Youth villages

    Youth villages including the Ogen Community Youth Village.

  • Boarding schools (penimiyot)

    Residential educational frameworks.

  • Family-based care homes (mishpachtons)

    Family-style care frameworks.

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