Our Programs
What your contribution makes possible
Individual Support
One enlistee, one relationship, at a time
From the first hesitant conversation before enlistment, through mentorship during service, to a full discharge package covering rights, benefits, education, and employment, we stay with each person throughout. Guidance comes by phone, in person, and by message, and is backed by a growing range of programs.
Standing With You
Itchem – אתכם
A support program for the parents of enlistees, many of whom are navigating their child's enlistment, often with uncertainty and concern.
Starting Strong
Potchim Chazak – פותחים חזק
Physical fitness and mental-readiness program preparing future enlistees for the demands of IDF service, while building the confidence and camaraderie many are missing going in.
With You
Itach/Itcha - איתך
A dedicated mentorship program for young women in combat and combat-support roles, and a newly established parallel program for the men.
Someone Who’s Been There
Eichad Sheyodea – אחד שיודע
Peer-mentorship program connecting new enlistees with someone who has walked a similar path.
The Recruit’s Toolkit
Pakal Malshab
A personalized learning program that prepares future enlistees for the IDF, covering the knowledge and skills their curriculum did not.
Life’s Next Chapter
Hatchalot (Beginnings) – התחלות
A structured transition program guiding participants from ten months before discharge through two years after, covering rights, education, and career planning, so no one navigates civilian life alone.
Belonging Built In
Reshet – רשת
Many of the individuals we serve feel alone in their journey, so we build connection into every part of our work, from events and cohort meetups to WhatsApp groups that keep members in touch, during service and long after.
Community-building is core to the work we do. Photos from a range of Mityatzvim El HaDegel events.
Systemic Change
Fixing the structural gaps
While our staff coordinators work directly with individual enlistees, we also work to fix the structural gaps that make their service harder than it needs to be. That means advocating for policy change within the IDF and Ministry of Defense, on issues from commander training to how enlistees from ultra-Orthodox backgrounds are tracked and supported system-wide. It also means building a research base, since a challenge backed by real data is far easier to bring to policymakers than one told through personal stories alone.
Individual support changes one soldier’s experience; systemic change is how we make that experience better for everyone who comes after.
Social & Community
Recognition that lasts beyond service
Integration doesn’t end when a soldier finishes their service, and it doesn’t happen in isolation. We work to ensure that the individuals we support are publicly recognized for what they take on, often the first such recognition they receive from what is often perceived as a divide that they cross. We also build a lasting community among the people we support so that connection continues beyond discharge and becomes an ongoing source for mentorship and belonging.