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Fully Immersed in Israeli Society
Charlie Kalech
  • Mar 14, 2019
  • 4 min

Fully Immersed in Israeli Society

When one has a few months one their hands with no children at home for the first time in years, there is an air of freedom that creeps...
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Inside Exposure
Charlie Kalech
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • 2 min

Inside Exposure

I spent about two months in Israel. My volunteer stint involving tutoring English, both in a middle school in south Tel Aviv and to...
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Finding My Way In
Charlie Kalech
  • Nov 21, 2017
  • 1 min

Finding My Way In

Skilled Volunteers was fantastic in setting me up quickly with two very interesting opportunities, helping me achieve my goal of giving...
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Winning Hearts in 4 Weeks
Charlie Kalech
  • Mar 21, 2016
  • 3 min

Winning Hearts in 4 Weeks

Adah Radzin volunteered in January 2016 in Bat Yam through a placement organized through Skilled Volunteers for Israel. Tachkemoni is an...
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?מה עשית היום  What did you do today?
Charlie Kalech
  • Feb 28, 2016
  • 7 min

?מה עשית היום What did you do today?

It’s not the school bell that marks the end of the lesson. The bell has been replaced by the rousing rendering of a popular song, “Ma...
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Volunteering at the Macro Level
Charlie Kalech
  • May 31, 2015
  • 1 min

Volunteering at the Macro Level

I am so grateful to Skilled Volunteers for connecting me with ORAM International. Terry and Marla worked with me to find a placement that...
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Marketing Plan & Toolkit from a 3 week volunteer
Charlie Kalech
  • Aug 14, 2014
  • 2 min

Marketing Plan & Toolkit from a 3 week volunteer

I volunteered at Be-Atzmi, an important Israeli NGO working with unemployed and underprivileged Israelis to integrate them into stable...
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ESL Volunteer in Tel Aviv
Charlie Kalech
  • Jul 10, 2014
  • 3 min

ESL Volunteer in Tel Aviv

Roz had a particular interest in teaching ESL and working with Ethiopian students.  She shares a story about her volunteer experience:...
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Unusual Skills = Unusual Volunteer Opportunity
Charlie Kalech
  • Jun 17, 2014
  • 2 min

Unusual Skills = Unusual Volunteer Opportunity

I realize Asian art is a very narrow focus. Even in the U.S., it’s quite a specialized field, and I was only aware of one museum in...
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Empowering Self Sufficiency and Community Strength
Charlie Kalech
  • Jan 9, 2013
  • 3 min

Empowering Self Sufficiency and Community Strength

Professor Lewis Aptekar delivers Psycho-Social Training in Tel Aviv to asylum seekers from Eritrea and the Sudan In late August of 2012,...
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Charlie Kalech
  • Aug 2, 2012
  • 2 min

Beyond Politics – the Human Face of Asylum

Lionel Rabie has extensive experience in the food and hospitality industry.  He put his business experience to work volunteering to...
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Charlie Kalech
  • Aug 17, 2011
  • 3 min

Welcoming the Stranger

This post was written by Gina Milano after her second volunteer experience with Skilled Volunteers for Israel. After completing my...
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