At Yemin Orde Youth Village, children find a home, a family and a future.

Yemin Orde is in the mountains of northern Israel, where 500 at-risk youth transform their lives, embracing healing, self-respect, and community service.

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Chaim Peri is the visionary behind Yemin Orde.

His Village Way methodology imbues meaning into the unsteady lives of at-risk immigrant youth.

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Home Away From Home

Graduates know that Yemin Orde is a home for life – a promise most important to every child in the Village. Even years after graduation, they are forever part of the Yemin Orde family.

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Educational Initiatives

Yemin Orde Educational Initiatives (YOEI)

YOEI founded by Dr. Chaim Peri to bring Yemin Orde Youth Village's values of diversity, pluralism, community service, Jewish identity and spirituality to Israel's 360,000 at-risk children and youth.

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Alumni Spotlight

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Meet our featured alumni Alona Poupesheva

Since her graduation from Yemin Orde in 2003, Alona has achieved great success in her life thanks to the foundation of love and encouragement she received as a child at the Village.

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Friends of Yemin Orde has been named a Four Star Charity by Charity Navigator, ensuring Financial Health, Accountability and Transparency.

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