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Charities and Volunteer
Opportunities
Embassy staff, both Israeli and American, are a generous bunch. They get involved in local efforts and look for
ways to contribute to those less fortunate.
There are dozens of charities and organizations throughout Israel that provide education, health services,
meals, clothing, furniture and housing to the poor or disenfranchised. To get started, take a look at the list
provided on this page. Though lengthy, the list is not comprehensive.
Please note that the CLO are doing their best to keep this list updated, but acknowledge that they are not
always informed of changes in hours or contact information. If you have a favorite charity that you don’t see
here, please let them know by emailing CLOTelAviv@state.gov and they will add them to the list.
Blue Bins
Blue bins are placed throughout Herzliya neighborhoods. These blue plastic bins have pictures of shirts,
shoes, and other clothing, to easily identify that it is a drop box for your clean and good quality clothing
donations. Although Herzliyya Municipality doesn’t list locations, there is one we know of on HaMesila St.
Herzliya. Bins are also located around the Tel Aviv Municipality.
ARDC – African Refugee Development Center
ARDC works to ensure that refugees and asylum seekers are free from persecution, live in dignity and have
opportunities. At this time, they are collecting baby care products (new diapers, wipes, formula, diaper rash
cream and soap/shampoo); adult toiletries (new); and non-perishable food (canned beans, tomatoes, tuna and
pasta, rice, oil and flour.) Please contact Iris Kat at iris@ardc-israel.org, to arrange.
Tel Aviv Mothers Make a Difference
This group collects donations for: Invisible Kids, ASSAF, Eritrean Women’s Community Centre, Forgotten
People’s Fund, Kuchinate, UNITAF, Mesila, Pitchon Lev, Tel Aviv Centre for the Blind, Terem, WIZO.
Organizers specifically request the following items for babies and toddlers: cribs, strollers, baby furniture,
clean clothing, diapers & supplies, developmental toys. They also take donations of packaged food. They can
arrange for large items to be picked up at your home. Best way to contact the many wonderful volunteers for
TAMMAD is by messaging them through their Facebook page –
https://www.facebook.com/mothersmakeadifference
UNITAF
In the last two decades, Israel has experienced a rapid influx of foreign residents. A significant number of
these are refugees from Sudan, Eritrea, Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of the Congo who fled civil
war, armed conflict and persecution in their native countries.