Dr. Chaim Peri
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Chaim Peri has served as educator and director of the Yemin Orde Youth Village in Israel for 3 decades, touching the lives of thousands of at-risk children, both immigrant and Israeli born.
His endeavors include the establishment of the Shvut Am Institute at Yemin Orde, which addresses the identity conflicts of adolescent immigrants; initiating the Steering Center of Ethiopian Educational Affairs at the Ministry of Education and founding the Leadership Program for Immigrant Youth in the town of Hatzor in the Upper Galilee.
In 2007, Chaim launched "Yemin Orde Initiatives", an educational endeavor aimed at rejuvenating youth villages throughout Israel, based on the philosophy and methodology developed at Yemin Orde. Yemin Orde Initiatives reflects Yemin Orde’s values of diversity, pluralism, service to the community, and Jewish identity and spirituality.
Chaim Peri has been recognized for his work on behalf of Israel’s youth with Prime Minister Shimon Peres' “Guardian of the Child" Award, and was honored to light a ceremonial torch during the official opening of a Independence Day celebrations in Jerusalem. In 2007 he was awarded the Exemplary Educator Award by the Minister of Education.
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