Project TEN is a Jewish Agency initiative that brings together young Jews from Israel and around the world to volunteer for 3 months in developing countries. It focuses on sustainable development projects and Jewish learning while volunteering with both Jewish and non-Jewish organizations. In its pilot year in 2012, Project TEN established centers in Gondar, Ethiopia, Hyderabad, India, and Kiryat Shmona, Israel, and plans to open a center in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2013 with a goal of 12 centers worldwide, including 3 in Israel.

1. Project TEN
Global Tikkun Olam
A Jewish Agency Initiative
2013
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2. Project TEN
• “Ten” means “give” in Hebrew
• Brings together young Jews from
Israel and around the world
• 3 months in developing country
• Volunteer for both Jewish and non-
Jewish organizations
• Focus on sustainable development
• Jewish learning
• Volunteering as an expression of
Jewish values
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3. Locations chosen on the basis of:
• Need
• The Jewish Agency’s ability to
provide infrastructure
• The Jewish Agency’s ability to
provide security
• Presence of other NGOs on the
ground with whom to form
meaningful volunteer service
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4. Project TEN
Centers Established in Pilot Year
(2012)
•Gondar, Ethiopia
•Hyderabad, India
•Kiryat Shmona, Israel
Planned Centers (2013)
•Oaxaca, Mexico
Goal: 12 Centers Worldwide (of
which 3 are in Israel)
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5. Programs/Partners in Gondar
• The Jewish Agency’s Gondar
Complex for future olim to Israel
• Yenege Tesfa (Hope for Tomorrow)
Home for orphans and street children
• Municipal workers, other NGO’s
involved with “plastic city”
• Creation of “urban fields” –
sustainable income for single-mother
families
• Gondar University
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6. Programs/Partners in Hyderabad
Partner: B’Tzedek veteran local NGO
Projects:
•LSN Rainbow Girls Home for homeless
children
•MV Foundation for children’s rights,
Bridge Camp
•Aide et Action Centre in one of
Hyderabad’s 1,000 slums
•Kinera Society home for the elderly
•Save a Child’s Heart Initiative (SACHI)
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7. Programs/Partners in Kiryat Shmona
Partners: Israel Pathways,
Masa/Tlalim Yuvalim Pluralist Center
for Judaism
Projects Include:
•Youth Futures (The Jewish Agency)
•Ayalim Student Village
•Tel-Hai College Hillel
•Kiryat Shmona Animal Shelter
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8. Programs/Partners in Oaxaca
Partner: Cadena, Committee for
Natural Disasters & Emergencies
Projects:
•Increase communal resiliency against
disasters
•“Kitchen Class”
•Promote ecosystem regeneration
•Develop local leadership
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9. Jewish Service Learning
• Curriculum developed by The Jewish
Agency’s Makom
• Connects volunteering to Jewish
values and texts
Explores three themes:
• Social justice and social responsibility
• Rabbie Abraham Joshua Heschel’s
conception of Shabbat - experiential
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10. Project TEN costs to participants:
• Most of the funding comes from TEN
Gold Shareholders
• Fees of only $10 per day average
(low compared to other volunteer
programs)
• Center in Kiryat Shmona eligible for
Masa grants
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