Volunteering in Your Own Way
Do you remember how before your studies, one of the main motivations to begin medical school was the desire to help others? Upon entering the faculty, under the burden of tasks and tests, this goal was marginalized. We want to continue to encourage the value of social involvement among you, future doctors, and invite you to volunteer in a framework that suits you!
"Making a Neighborhood" Project
The goal of the project is to strengthen the connection of the students with the population in their close environment! The project is divided into two tracks: On the one hand, students give private lessons to students from Aliyah school, and thus improve their education and knowledge. In addition, there are students who give lectures in the fields of health and enrich the cultural and leisure life of the adults in the neighborhood.
Selling Second Hand Clothing
Last semester, we held a fair at the Faculty for the sale of second hand clothing. Many students donated clothes and clothing they no longer needed, and at the fair itself the students were invited to buy clothes at floor prices! The fair was a big success, and the revenues from the event were transferred to a shelter for battered women.
Soup Workshop in "Enosh"
"Enosh", The Israeli mental health association, opens the door to a heart-warming workshop. In the workshop, soup is prepared and at the same time an open discussion is held in groups of students and “Enosh” volunteers about vitamins and proper nutrition.
Happy at Rambam
Like every year, students from the faculty are wearing costumes in Hanukkah and Purim, accompanied by musical instruments, with surprises and a lot of good vibe to make patients in the departments of Rambam Hospital happy.
Bear Hospital
This is a wonderful initiative that invites kindergarten-age children to visit the association's compound, together with their personal teddy bears. The children's teddy bears carry imaginary illness, and the students will embody the doctors in the hospital to help treat them. The purpose of the meeting is to reduce the anxiety that exists in children from doctors, while acquiring tips for a healthy life!
Hot Winter for Street Cats
During the winter months we collect unused clothes of students, and then arrange them in warm corners for street cats in the Bat Galim neighborhood.
Volunteering Eligibility
Students may volunteer for credit points, up to twice during their study. Below is a list of the institutions recognized by the Technion, which allow the receipt of credits for volunteering:
1. Zahav Project - volunteering with adult patients in Rambam's Internal Medicine Department.
2. Bat Galim afternoon child care facility
3. Elwyn- Volunteering with children with developmental problems.
4. The Neighbor and The Sea- Volunteering with the elderly population in Bat Galim (40 volunteering hours will gain the volunteer a share in Bar Galim).
5. Volunteering With Patients in the Bnei Zion Internal Medicine Department (suitable for students in their first year of studies).
6. Shilo Day Center- Volunteering with population with neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's) in Kiryat Eliezer.
And lots more organizations (part in a medical context, part less, part near the Technion and some near the faculty, part with children and some with adults, a variety of populations, for more information please contact the Community Coordinator)
General information on volunteering credits eligibility:
- The student must complete 26 volunteer hours during the semester (two hours weekly).
- The student must fill a follow-up document and sign the person in charge of the volunteer institution.
- Volunteering should not be carried out during the summer vacation.
- Currently the credits are from the Technion! Soon we will receive an approval from the Technion for faculty credits.
- You must register in the UG for a volunteering course (course number 320101).
- The credits will be received at the end of the semester in which the hours tracking form was submitted.
- Volunteering hours can be delayed for the next semester, but it is important that most of the hours will be held in the same semester.
✉ Community Coordinator: Shirley Markovich, kehila_med@asat.technion.ac.il
