For FULL Album of this Incredible Journey, CLICK HERE There’s something about Mt. Kilimanjaro that attracts out of the ordinary climbers. Summiting the tallest peak in Africa demands gruelling efforts, intense passion and extreme determination. Without a doubt, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro is a life-changing experience for pretty much everyone who makes the journey. 30 climbers [...]
Team SHALVA Marathon Director, Fran Cohen and Staff Associate Alivia Sahl were on hand manning Team SHALVA's Jerusalem Marathon booth at the NYC Marathon Health & Fitness Expo with the hope of signing up runners from among the tens of thousands of registered runners arriving over the next three days to pick up their race bibs [...]
SHALVA was honored to host Israel's Minister of Welfare & Social Services, Haim Katz, Chairman of Israel's Histadrut (National Union), Avi Nisan Koren, and a delegation of leading government officials including the Deputy Head of Budget at the Treasury, who came to SHALVA for an informative and inspiring visit. During their visit the group met [...]
Today was a truly memorable day at SHALVA. While all of our guests are extremely special to us, it's rare that we have a dignitary of such magnitude as we just did! We had the honor of hosting the First Lady of Georgia, Maka Chichua, on a tour of SHALVA, and as a special treat, [...]
30 superstars from around the world will be climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro on behalf of SHALVA's children in October. Arlene Rosenberg from Toronto was one of the first to sign up. She has been a supporter of SHALVA's for many years and also took part in the Jerusalem marathon for us. Arlene was due to climb with [...]
SHALVA takes great pride in our diversity and community of inclusion. Our SHALVA families, as well as our friends around the world, may differ in many ways, but they are brought together in their support of SHALVA and our mission. One of SHALVA's most special supporters, leading the charge in interfaith friendship, is Amid Ismail, [...]
SHALVA is so proud and excited to announce our partnership with the Tipat Chalav in creating a continuing education course for nurses in how to care for special needs babies. Due to the differences in various developmental issues, SHALVA and Tipat Chalav thought it would be of vital interest to nurses who see special needs [...]
The doors of SHALVA are always open. Rain or shine, in every season, the building is a welcome home for the children of SHALVA. Things are a little bit different in the summer, though. Instead of coming for an afternoon of fun after school, SHALVA kids have an [...]
Or, the First Model with Down-Syndrome to be Featured in Israeli Mainstream Advertising SHALVA loves to break barriers and shatter expectations. But one of our own SHALVA kids defied all expectations recently be becoming the first child model with Downs Syndrome in Israeli history! An Israeli school supply company called "Nickname" encouraged parents to send [...]
SHALVA Opens New Program for Children with Cognitive Delays and Hearing Impairment SHALVA is committed to helping the special needs children of Israel, and that includes the entire spectrum of the special needs community. So when we saw a need in the community for a program for children with cognitive delays and hearing impairment, we [...]
