Projects

House of Dreams

Daily kids’ activities

Hundreds of children with cancer and their healthy siblings come to learn and have fun at our Jerusalem Day Centre throughout the day and after school. Children can make up lessons they’ve missed at school, learn an instrument and take part in crafts activities. A fleet of buses transports children from up to an hour and a half away.

Adventure Camps

Non-stop fun

Zichron Menachem’s camps and retreats offer children with cancer a chance to recharge their physical and emotional batteries, and escape the challenges and worries they face during treatment. We host three camps each year, along with a camp each summer in Europe.

Adventure Camps

Non-stop fun

Zichron Menachem’s camps and retreats offer children with cancer a chance to recharge their physical and emotional batteries, and escape the challenges and worries they face during treatment. We host three camps each year, along with a camp each summer in Europe.

Hair Donations

Giving of yourself

Zichron Menachem collects hair from donors around the world to make much-needed wigs for children who have lost their hair during treatment. Your generosity helps make these children feel beautiful inside and out.

Help in Hospitals

Sweets & smiles

Zichron Menachem volunteers lift the spirits of children with cancer throughout the day in hospitals around the country, running activities and bringing delicious treats. In addition, Zichron Menachem coordinates the collection of vital blood components at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital.

Help in Hospitals

Sweets & smiles

Zichron Menachem volunteers lift the spirits of children with cancer throughout the day in hospitals around the country, running activities and bringing delicious treats. In addition, Zichron Menachem coordinates the collection of vital blood components at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital.

Support for Parents

Lending a hand

From valuable medical advice to help at home with healthy siblings, Zichron Menachem supports parents so they can continue caring for their family. We offer a range of services for parents, including counselling, help with transportation and even much-needed nights out.

Trips and Parties

Everyday excitement

Throughout the year, Zichron Menachem takes children on trips during school vacation and holidays. What’s more, we host parties, special events and workshops at the House of Dreams that entertain, educate and excite. These breaks from the regular routine help our kids escape their worries and focus on having fun.

Trips and Parties

Everyday excitement

Throughout the year, Zichron Menachem takes children on trips during school vacation and holidays. What’s more, we host parties, special events and workshops at the House of Dreams that entertain, educate and excite. These breaks from the regular routine help our kids escape their worries and focus on having fun.

Birthday Parties

Celebrating life

Zichron Menachem helps make children’s dreams come true, all year round and particularly on their birthdays. No matter how extreme the request, we do our best to bring excitement, joy and fun to our children.

Mobile Clinic

On the go

Our on-site portable hospital is fully equipped with advanced medical equipment and prepared to deal with patients’ needs at all times during camps and outings. The clinic is staffed by experienced medical staff who look after the children’s physical and emotional welfare at all times.

Mobile Clinic

On the go

Our on-site portable hospital is fully equipped with advanced medical equipment and prepared to deal with patients’ needs at all times during camps and outings. The clinic is staffed by experienced medical staff who look after the children’s physical and emotional welfare at all times.

Petting Zoo

Healing the soul

Studies show that interacting with animals can reduce the need for painkillers for 50% of patients recovering from surgery.

The stress hormone, cortisol, associated with physical and emotional distress, has been proven to decrease markedly with pet therapy, which also triggers the happy hormones, such as oxytocin and dopamine, responsible for soothing and pleasure.For years, we have dreamed of providing our kids – who deal with cancer, chemo., surgery and tremendous stress – with this fantastic therapy, because children love pets! Finally, our dream is a reality.

The Chavruta Project

Easily preventable. Difficult to fix.

Decades of working with cancer patients and their families has highlighted one painful fallout: Children going Off the Derech. Families of cancer patients direct all their energies and resources towards survival. They will give it their all, and yet, terminal illness leaves an inexorable mark on all involved. Slipping grades, lack of communication, prolonged parental absences and natural anxiety will all batter a child’s defences. Long-term effects can be harsh. A child does not disconnect overnight. The process often begins, though, with a vital lack of any supportive relationship. This insight led us to create the Chavruta Project — because however hard it is to fix, it is so easy to prevent!

The Chavruta Project

Easily preventable. Difficult to fix.

Decades of working with cancer patients and their families has highlighted one painful fallout: Children going Off the Derech. Families of cancer patients direct all their energies and resources towards survival. They will give it their all, and yet, terminal illness leaves an inexorable mark on all involved. Slipping grades, lack of communication, prolonged parental absences and natural anxiety will all batter a child’s defences. Long-term effects can be harsh. A child does not disconnect overnight. The process often begins, though, with a vital lack of any supportive relationship. This insight led us to create the Chavruta Project — because however hard it is to fix, it is so easy to prevent!

Beauty & Wig Parlor

Healing is a quirky science and often works in marvelous ways. Take hair, for instance. A cancer patient’s hair and beauty regimen may seem like trivial factors on their way to health. In reality, though — and this never ceases to amaze us — the opposite is true! Give the patient back her beauty, her face and her sparkle, and you have contributed significantly towards her physical recovery. Remarkable! That’s why our new parlor featured high on our wish list – it’s where patients rediscover beauty.

The Education

and Guidance Center

In Zichron Menachem we believe that dreams, do come true. We are currently working with a professional team on a unique and significant project: “The Education and Guidance Center” (EGC). After many years of experience with young cancer patients, their families and volunteers, we have understood the necessity of improving the general public’s awareness of cancers implications and the tools required to cope through the traumatic experience . The EGC will be more than a simple visitor information center. It will allow each audience – the patient’s families, our volunteers and the general public – to learn in its own way about the disease through an advanced, one of a kind multimedia experience.

The Education

and Guidance Center

In Zichron Menachem we believe that dreams, do come true. We are currently working with a professional team on a unique and significant project: “The Education and Guidance Center” (EGC). After many years of experience with young cancer patients, their families and volunteers, we have understood the necessity of improving the general public’s awareness of cancers implications and the tools required to cope through the traumatic experience . The EGC will be more than a simple visitor information center. It will allow each audience – the patient’s families, our volunteers and the general public – to learn in its own way about the disease through an advanced, one of a kind multimedia experience.