"Ahava" is a youth village dedicated to the education and welfare of some 250 at-risk children and youth. "Ahava" in Hebrew means “Love”, and this indeed is the core of our interaction with all our children.
"Ahava" Children and Youth Village was originally founded and managed by Nurse Beate Berger in Berlin in 1922 as a home for the Jewish poor. In 1933 Beate Berger came to Palestine and purchased a plot of land, on which she established the new "Ahava" home in 1935. She then proceeded to clandestinely bring children and staff from Nazi Germany to safety, to "Ahava". Today we proudly sit on the very same location, and continue the important work of Beate Berger for the benefit of those at-risk children who lack a warm and safe home environment.
"Ahava" today is a modern, safe, vibrant and cheerful home for some 250 disadvantaged children, between the ages of 6-18. These children enjoy a full school curriculum, together with diverse social and recreational activities, side by side with constant therapeutic treatment and psychological supervision by trained psychologists and social workers.
The children live in family group homes, each of which is headed by a regular functioning family which provides the kind of family backing and atmosphere that was so lacking in their lives prior to "Ahava".
