Welfare Ministry launches volunteering initiative

10.06.2013                      02.Tammus. 5773

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Welfare Ministry launches volunteering initiative

NIS 10 million program aims to increase 18.8 pearcent of population that chooses to volunteer.

The Welfare Ministry launched an initiative aimed at promoting volunteerism among Israelis during a meeting held on the subject last week.
Following Central Bureau of Statistics data that revealed that only 18.8 percent of the population in Israel chose to volunteer, the ministry partnered with the Prime Minister’s Office in order to start The Israeli Volunteering Enterprise, an initiative that is set to cost the government some NIS 10 million over three years….