How it all started
Amanina Association is a non-profit organization that builds, focuses on, and coordinates activities in the field of volunteering and community contribution within the Arab community. It is an innovative and unique initiative that has set its sights on developing social responsibility as a fundamental vision within the Arab society.
Alexa storm hit the country, many cities were shut down, no electricity in many places nationwide, as a result, we knew that we should give response and help people in unrecognized villages in the Negev, those who lost everything they have during the storm.
We continued our great work and provided marginalized communities with everything they needed to stay warm and well fed.
In March 2013 we decided to register our collective work as an organization, and we called it Amanina which means our wishes in Arabic. And this is thanks to the first organized volunteering project in which we fulfill the wishes of sick children in hospitals.
Expanding our activities to cover the area of food security in the Arab society, partnering with Latet and Leket.
First strategic partnership with Bank Hapoalim that allowed us to expand our volunteering projects to young academic adults in return we give solutions and volunteering activities in Financial and digital literacy in the Arab society.
Covid 19 was a turning point in the life of the organization; we realized the importance of volunteering and its impact on youth. Thus we adopted a human centered model in which the volunteers is at the center of our activities. We conducted a strategic plan that made us focus more on expanding our activities nation wide and also making volunteering accessible to different ages 15-30 years old. Each program in the organization is suitable for different category of people, youth, young adults and academic student.