From the Classroom Into The Fields – CHW Nahalal
January 2024
CHW Nahalal Youth Village providing a unique educational experience to youth for over 100 years.
Nahalal Youth Village is home to a variety of students from neighbouring towns, across Israel, and youth who made Aliyah alone without their families in the Na’aleh Program. The Ruth and Fredz”l Cooperstock Dairy Farm is central to the village, serving as both a therapeutic and educational facility for all students and a key method of income for Nahalal. With the generous support of Ruth and Fredz”l Cooperstock, the dairy farm will now undergo a massive renovation and expansion to increase milk production, establish a cheese-producing kitchen and a visitors center, and increase the economic stability of the village.
In 2022, Nahalal saw an increase in income from milk sales, which rose from 700,000 to 1 million litres annually. With the renovation and expansion of the dairy farm, Nahalal will reach upwards of 1.2 million litres of milk annually, tending to 150 cows and calves. There are 60 students in the Nahalal Tech Program this year, the academic flagship of CHW Nahalal for the past 10 years. This program fuels STEM studies and offers elite programming for academically strong youth, through their studies at university. Students benefit from interdisciplinary studies among the sciences, music, sports, aeronautics, and robotics.
The program also focuses on developing leadership skills through community activism, agricultural and farm work, and social activities. The program has increased the standard of education at Nahalal in both mathematics and the sciences, and garnered the interest by other schools in adopting the model nationwide, adding to its prestige. CHW is deeply appreciative to an anonymous donor for their generous gift to fund the program for four years.
Nahalal Tech Program benefit from supplementary activities and enrichment programming, provided by CHW:
- Preparatory program for the successful completion of the psychometric exam
- Three-year university courses in drones, software, and general engineering
- Pedagogical supervisor assisting the students academically
- Day trips, music classes, and other extracurricular activities
- Therapeutic horseback riding, art therapy, and other activities by certified social workers
- Loaned equipment, such as computers, cell phones, bicycles, and musical instruments
- Post-graduate living stipends to help graduates achieve greater independence
Learn More about CHW Nahalal
- Nahalal Youth Village
- Read in ORAH Magazine
