Amcha
 Israel  |  Health/Medical

To create a framework for mutual aid, memory processing and grief resolution, as well as a place where survivors and their families could feel at home and be understood.

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About 200,000 Holocaust survivors live in Israel today, many of whom were children during the war. They experienced persecution, deportation, selection, forced labor, hunger, torture and loss of families. Amcha was founded in 1987 by a group of devoted Holocaust survivors and mental health professionals, led by the late Manfred Klafter. Aware of the survivors' distrust of clinical psychiatry, they decided to focus on non-material, psychosocial and largely preventive support, rather than on mental health treatment per se. Amcha has steadily expanded, and today there are 12 centers that operate throughout the country, and various programs are provided also in many other locations.

Our offer

Mental health services

Psycho-social clubs

Community outreach & social casework

Volunteer home visits

Holocaust documentation

Intergenerational activities

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