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The Aleh Association initiated this project to establish a unique care environment in the South for mentally disabled youth and adults. This village includes residential buildings, high-dependency care center, paramedical center, special education school, vocational rehab center (packaging factory), technical services building and therapeutic sports facilities, all within a pastoral landscape whose design recalls a rural village. Aleh Negev will eventually accommodate 200 and will create up to 500 new jobs in various professions - medical and paramedical, nursing, education and rehabilitation, maintenance and administration - in an area suffering from persistent high rates of unemployment.
| In stage 1, the Rashi Foundation managed the construction of the following buildings and co-funded them together with the Safra Foundation, the government, the National Insurance Institute and the Aleh Association:
- Paramedical center for therapeutic services, including psychology, dental care, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and counseling for families
- High-dependency care center (2 buildings) for patients who need 24-hour attention
- Technical services building with kitchen, laundry, repair workshops, store rooms, mechanical-technical systems.
Other philanthropic organizations, including the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, funded the residential and other buildings in the village.
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In Stage 2, Rashi continued its involvement through the management of construction of a therapeutic swimming pool, the second wing of the vocational rehab center, and the guard's cabin at the entrance of the village. Stage 3 - a therapeutic safari and riding stables - is now under construction.
The village currently accommodates 106 residents of whom 14 are in the high-dependency unit. It has 190 staff members, including sub-contractors (gardeners, cleaners, security, kitchen) and around 10 professional consultants.
The village offers the following services to the community outside the village:
· There are two kindergartens operating in the para-medical building
· There are 25 non-resident children at the school
· Rehabilitation treatment is provided at the child development unit
· The dental clinic serves disabled populations from all over the region
· There is a rehab center for adults and children
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