Archive for October, 2009

Study: Air Pollution Endangers Israeli Children’s Health

October 20th 2009
Findings from a new report released last week by the SHATIL-founded Coalition for Public Health point to a direct link between air pollution and increased morbidity in children.
In the comprehensive report, Seeing the Future: What do we Know about Air Pollution and Morbidity in Children? the researchers found up to 10 times the [...]


Moving Policy Shapers toward Social Change

October 20th 2009
On Monday, SHATIL, along with 18 fellows and more than a dozen social change organizations, celebrated the end of a major two year pilot to train a cadre of economists and other professionals who will promote a more socially sensitive government policy.
The carefully chosen fellows, all senior staff in government offices (including the [...]


Profile: Sara Gavri, Haifa Youth-at-Risk Coalition Member

October 13th 2009
Sara Gavri is a 24-year old social work student who recently began participating in SHATIL’s Ethiopian Youth-at-Risk Forum in Haifa. “I didn’t really have the time,” says Sara, “but when I heard that the group was leading a campaign to ease the lives of a group of Ethiopian families whose rights were being [...]