Talk:Adi Negev

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As part of adding the coordinates of the village, I found out that this isn't really a village, rather it's a small campus in the larger Merhavim Education Campus (קריית חינוך מרחבים), which can be called a youth village, I guess. I think this should become an article about the larger Merhavim facility, but if not, its status as a village should be removed. It's more of a school than a village. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 11:47, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

ALEH Negev Nahalat Eran
ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran is a 25-acre state-of-the-art residential rehabilitation facility. Often referred to as “The Village,” ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran is located in southern Israel under the jurisdiction of the Merhavim Region Council. ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran provides rehabilitative treatments, education and medical services to over 150 babies, children and adults with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical issues and outpatient services to over 4,500 people annually. The village professes to bestow a continuum of care in a warm, home-like atmosphere while empowering residents to develop a greater degree of independence and live meaningful and dignified lives. The village offers a wide range of services, including a paramedical center, high-dependency ward, special education school, vocational center, hydrotherapy pool, safari and therapeutic horse track,  and provides jobs to hundreds of area residents in a variety of fields.

ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran reaches out to the entire spectrum of Israeli society, encouraging visits and volunteerism in numerous programs. Over 1,000 people visit the village each month.

Founder and chairman – Major General (res.) and Israel Prize recipient for lifetime achievements and contributions to Israeli society and State, Doron Almog. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doron_Almog

CEO – former MK Avi Wortzman Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Wortzman

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History
''' ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran was founded in 2003, to provide educational and rehabilitation services for people with disabilities of all ages, regardless of ethnic background. Subsequent to its founding, ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran was recognized as a National Project supported by seven governmental decisions.

The village opened in 2006 with ten residents and included housing units, a special education school, complex-care hospital wing, rehabilitation day center and rehabilitative workshop. Eran Almog, son of founder Doron Almog, was among the first residents. Upon Eran’s passing from Castelman’s Disease in 2007, the village was renamed ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran. The village subsequently expanded to include a hydrotherapy center, a rehabilitative safari including a petting zoo and riding track, a para-medical center and an inclusive kindergarten. Therapeutic treatments include physical therapy, hydrotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. There is an on-site dental clinic specializing in treatment of patients with special needs. On January 3, 2017, the cornerstone was laid for a Neuro-Orthopedic Rehabilitation Hospital, set to open in 2021. The hospital will include 108 beds in three 36-patient inpatient wards for orthopedic-, spinal- and neuro- rehabilitation. The hospital will serve residents of the Negev and IDF soldiers serving in Gaza.

The village currently houses an in-patient rehabilitation department with 28 beds, a precursor to the Neuro-Orthopedic Rehabilitation Hospital.

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Services and Population
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 * Residential Center providing full-time care for over 150 children and adults  with moderate to severe intellectual and developmental disabilities and various medical issues.
 * Special Education School catering to more than 130 students from first grade through age 21 from within the village and surrounding communities.
 * Inclusive Community Kindergarten for non-disabled children to encourage natural acceptance of people with disabilities.
 * Rehabilitative Day Center providing intensive rehabilitation services to village residents and residents of southern Israel with close to 20,000 outpatient treatments annually. Clients are referred by Israeli HMOs and the Ministry of Defense.
 * Complex Care Hospital Wing with 28 beds. The wing was established as an in-patient rehabilitative ward and is a precursor to the Neuro-Orthopedic Rehabilitation Hospital currently under construction.
 * Dental Clinic for People with Special Needs operated in conjunction with AKIM, the National Organization for People with Intellectual Disabilities https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D and serving village residents and people with special needs from the surrounding area.
 * Hydrotherapy Center offering group and individual hydrotherapy sessions and serving both village residents and people from the surrounding community.
 * Safari, Petting Zoo and Horse Track combining various animal-oriented therapeutic activities for residents and people with special needs from the surrounding communities.
 * Therapeutic Gardening employing 20 gardeners with intellectual disabilities who receive steady salaries. The grounds of ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran, including the multi-sensory garden and vegetable growing areas, are tended by gardeners with cognitive disabilities  based on concepts of Therapeutic Gardening which utilizes greenery and gardening activity to improve physical and emotional wellbeing.  Other residents participate in Green Therapy by planting and tending to greenhouse plants.
 * Rehabilitative Vocational Therapy Workshop provides workshop activity for residents over the age of 21. Residents produce artistic objects from clay, silk scarves and objects of Judaica all of which are sold to the general public.
 * Therapeutic Gardening employing 20 gardeners with intellectual disabilities who receive steady salaries. The grounds of ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran, including the multi-sensory garden and vegetable growing areas, are tended by gardeners with cognitive disabilities  based on concepts of Therapeutic Gardening which utilizes greenery and gardening activity to improve physical and emotional wellbeing.  Other residents participate in Green Therapy by planting and tending to greenhouse plants.
 * Rehabilitative Vocational Therapy Workshop provides workshop activity for residents over the age of 21. Residents produce artistic objects from clay, silk scarves and objects of Judaica all of which are sold to the general public.

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Future Projects
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Daniel Community: The Government of Israel approved the Minister of Housing’s proposal to establish five new communities in the Negev region. Among these communities will be the town of Daniel, situated in the northwest Negev adjacent to ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran. The new town is named after 4-year-old Daniel Turgemen, killed in 2014, when rocket fire from Gaza struck his home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz. The central tenet of Daniel is disability inclusion. The town will eventually accommodate 500 families, and integrate residents with severe complex disabilities as part of the communal fabric, and provide housing for the medical professionals employed at the neuro-orthopedic rehabilitation hospital. Office 2020 (talk) 13:43, 21 October 2020 (UTC)