ELEM/Youth in Distress in Israel

ELEM is Israel’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the lives of youth in distress, including secular and religious Jews, Christian and Muslim Arabs, Bedouins, immigrants from the Former Soviet Union and Ethiopia, and the LGBT community. Many of these youth live on the streets and avoid traditional social services, so ELEM’s professionals and volunteers proactively seek them out in their environments, such as streets, schools, the internet, bars, and nightclubs. By establishing non-judgmental relationships, ELEM assists these at-risk youth in reintegrating into the community and paving their way toward a better future.