Leading Israel
Student Scholarship Fund
Helping disadvantaged students attend mechina
By opening up the mechina experience to young people from the geographic and social periphery, the Student Scholarship Fund helps maximize the number of individuals who can attend mechina, enriching and broadening the ranks of Israel’s future leaders. Scholarships grants are made possible by our partners in the mechina world, foremost among them KKL and the Matanel Foundation.
Yachad
Integrating young people from abroad in the mechinot
Yachad brings young Jews and children of Israelis from dozens of countries worldwide to mechina. These students come to Israel to experience the country and undergo a year of personal development and empowerment. Some choose to join the IDF after graduating. Yachad builds meaningful connections and strengthens the ties that bind Jewish communities around the world to Israel.
Be’Artzeinu
The umbrella organization of mechina alumni
Be’Artzeinu creates opportunities for the tens of thousands of mechina alumni to live their values as adults. Be’Artzeinu encourages alumni to make good on the values of social engagement, leadership, and service deep in Israeli public activity, security, education, social affairs, and national affairs while strengthening their identity and their connection to other Jews and Israelis.
Our Partners
The Mechinot in Numbers
Nearly 100 mechinot from north to south and over 50,000 alumni
Since the first mechina was founded in 1988, the mechinot have given tens of thousands of young Israelis an education with the values of social leadership, national duty, Zionism, and giving back. Every year, over 30 percent of officer course and flight school graduates are mechina alumni, and thousands of alumni take up leadership roles in all fields. The mechina year is one of the most meaningful in students’ lives: full of experiences, learning, giving back, preparation for meaningful military service, personal development, and friendships for life.
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