and Make Yr Mark e Pa Tak KKL-JNF Partnership Opportunities Projects for a Thriving Israel Autumn 2018 KKL-JNF Partnership Opportunities Projects for a Thriving Israel and Make Your Ma e Part rk Tak Dear Partners, Herewith is a list of a variety of projects in need of donations. Each one of these projects touches the lives of the country’s people, contributing to their quality of life. The projects are presented according to regional location and topic with their relevant icons (indicating community development, tourism, education, environment, water management, or research) and include descriptions with photos, progress status and required donation. You know your target audience best and we trust you’ll find projects here that speak to their hearts and minds. Please note: Details are pertinent to the booklet’s date of production. You are invited to visit our Partnership site for updated information on every project and contact your desk. Thank you for your cooperation. 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Projects and Marketing Department KKL-JNF Resource and Development Division 1 Establish and further develop institutions of higher learning in the periphery Promote young leadership programs Your partnership impacts Israel Involve children with special needs in outdoor activities, including enrichment programs and activities in KKL-JNF forests Instill environmental and heritage values through supporting KKL-JNF Field and Forest Education Centers By donating to KKL-JNF’s 6 Core Activities: Support KKL-JNF visitor and learning centers, showcasing Israel’s nature, agriculture and heritage Developing Communities • Tourism • Education • Environment • Water Management • Research Advance innovative environmental and heritage programs for immigrant students and peripheral You are a partner in creating a better Israel communities Connect the next generation of youngsters in the Diaspora to Israel through various study and cultural enrichment programs Developing Communities Be a partner in Ensure the growth and continuity of periphery communities Environment Improve the quality of life of Israeli citizens Be a partner in Raise quality of life and standard of living by enhancing the aesthetic surroundings of neighborhoods and public facilities Raise awareness among Israelis about environmental and sustainability issues Address the inequalities between the central region and the periphery Maintain KKL-JNF forests and protect open spaces from the incursion of urban development Promote multicultural coexistence Take part in renewable energy projects, including solar photovoltaic technology and solid waste recycling Encourage social and community activities in urban parks in the periphery Plant to prevent soil erosion Create safe and attractive outdoor spaces and playgrounds in the periphery Rehabilitate forests after fires Draw people from Israel’s crowded central region to the periphery Create and nurture biosphere parks Develop green environments for the communities in the desert Rehabilitate stream banks, promoting biodiversity Ensure quality of life for the people who live in border communities Protect forests by supporting KKL-JNF’s fire trucks and firefighting teams Ensure the safety of communities on the confrontation line by developing security-agricultural roads Water Management Tourism (international and domestic) Be a partner in Be a partner in Create wastewater treatment facilities Strengthen the local economy through infrastructure for tourism in the periphery Develop innovative water purification methods such as the biofilter Develop tourism initiatives with social, educational and community value for the people of the periphery Save fresh water by establishing reservoirs that impound recycled water Develop accessible sites Promote the use of recycled water from reservoirs for agriculture, extending fields, enhancing species Connect the people to their land, forests and heritage sites throughout Israel diversity and ensuring livelihoods for the farmers in the periphery Encourage the sport of cycling by creating more and varied cycling trails in forests and open spaces Develop alternative water resources Promote healthy outdoor activities Develop eco-agri tourism sites Research Be a partner in 2 Education 3 Be a partner in Promote R&D agricultural stations in the periphery Support innovative research that crosses borders Close the educational gap between the periphery and central regions Promote KKL-JNF"s knowledge-sharing and know-how in forestry, water and arid land management with Empower youth from the geographical and social periphery other countries Promote informal education frameworks Promote global food security Promote innovative, informal education facilities in the periphery, providing youngsters with the resources for realizing their potential 15140 Dalyat El Karmel – Yad LaBanim – Landscape Development In memory of the fallen soldiers and the Druze legacy Donation Requierement/NIS 1,500,000 – 3,000,000 Northern Region KKL-JNF, in collaboration with Yad Labanim for fallen Druze IDF soldiers in Daliyat al-Karmel, plans to develop the Yad Labanim complex and its surrounding area, and turn it into a big park with a grass amphitheater for ceremonies and various outdoor activities. 11591 This project will enable Yad Labanim to continue and serve as a Hannaton – Educational Center – Landscape Development culture and heritage center for the Druze community, creating a For the leaders of the future spacious, green, pleasant and appealing space that will respect the fallen and their families. The project will include pergolas, signposts, gardening and planting, lawns, a drinking fountain and trash cans, Donation fences, edging stones and installing water lines and lighting fixtures. Requierement/NIS 314,000 – 628,000 Implementation Status Detailed Planning The Hannaton Educational Center and Pre-Military Academy (Mechina) brings together religious and secular students from all over Israel, who spend the year prior to their army service studying, volunteering and enjoying community life in Kibbutz Hannaton. The mechina seeks to impart the values of social and community involvement, with a connection to Judaism and Israeli 15137 Implementation society. KKL-JNF, which supports pre-military academies in Israel, is planning Granot HaGalil –Landscape Development Status Detailed Planning the comprehensive environmental development of the areas surrounding the mechina and the construction of a new sports field. This project will enrich For the people of the Galilee the mechina, providing the students with an open and green environment, pleasant shaded spots and places for outdoor activities and classes. The landscape development will include open areas and paved paths, stairways, lawns, stones for sitting, seating walls, small Donation trash receptacles, a drinking fountain, planting, and irrigation. Requierement/NIS 1,500,000 – 3,000,000 KKL-JNF, in collaboration with the Ma’ale Yosef Regional Council, is currently planning to develop the area surrounding the council’s 13659 complex of buildings at Granot HaGalil; the complex houses medical Upper Galilee Regional Council – Kibbutz Malkia and welfare facilities and it is an important regional center for the Preparation Land for Housing people of Granot HaGalil and other communities in the Regional Growing communities near the Lebanon border Council. The landscape development will incorporate rich vegetation, and create a uniform fabric connecting the different buildings – turning the complex into a warm and engaging space for the local Donation Requierement/NIS 2,550,000 population and visitors. The development work will retain the original landscape, indigenous plant life, and the agricultural landscape, while Implementation using elements related to agriculture, such as – low walls inspired by Kibbutz Malkia, which is located in the Galilee Panhandle very close to the Status Detailed Planning terraces, and using Israeli and Mediterranean vegetation. The project Lebanese border, is in a process of expansion. The kibbutz’s proximity to the will make the complex a nice place to be in, by creating shaded sitting border, which has made the lives of its residents difficult primarily in times of places and planting water-wise plants with various foliage hues and different bloom times, planting many shade trees, war, has made attracting new residents a challenge. As a result, KKL-JNF is creating shaded patio areas and paving sidewalks and pathways. assisting Kibbutz Malkia by preparing land for a new neighborhood containing Implementation 43 lots for the establishment of permanent homes. This way KKL-JNF is Status Detailed Planning ensuring more affordable homes and helping attract new inhabitants to the Galilee and strengthen the Israeli periphery. To this end, KKL-JNF plans to prepare approximately 10 dunams of land for new residents of the kibbutz. The work will include excavations, supporting walls adjacent to the roads, elevation of existing walls and safety rails. 15127 Kibbutz Malkia – KKL-JNF Garden Landscape Development Public open spaces for quality of life 15134 Ma’alot-Tarshiha – Landscape Development at the WIZO-Savyonim Daycare Center Donation Requierement/NIS 1,366,000 – 2,733,000 NorthernRegion For children’s well-being and the environment Northern Region KKL-JNF plans to develop the centrally located, public open space at Donation Kibbutz Malkia with a modern playground that incorporates natural/ 4 Requierement/NIS 500,000 – 1,000,000 environmental elements