Allocations Awareness

D1: Akim
Akim-Jerusalem is an organization that provides services to over 1000 persons with mental disabilities (and other developmental disorders) and their families. Akim-Jerusalem operates 3 hostels and well as 15 apartments and group homes, adding up to a total of 160 residents. Akim-Jerusalem also provides services to many other persons with mental disabilities still living at home and to their families. Akim-Jerusalem provides "in-the-community" housing, allowing its residents to feel included in society and helping them to learn to use residential facilities. Akim-Jerusalem also runs programs to promote the welfare of children with mental disabilities and their siblings. This extends support to children with special needs living at home. They provide temporary, sheltered living arrangements, giving the children's parents a break from the 24-hour a day care that they attend to their children. Additionally, Akim-Jerusalem has a program in which trained care-givers visit homes for 2-4 hours a week.

If you are interested in aiding people suffering from mental disabilities, you should consider having your chapter look into Akim-Jerusalem when deciding where your chapter is going to allocate it's money. If you do allocate your money to this organization, you will not only help aid the persons with the disabilities, but also the wellbeing of their families.