National projects

In Israel, museum and exhibition trips form part of the extra-curricular activities for which parents are required to pay. Students in poorer neighborhoods are usually unable to participate in such trips since their parents are unable to afford the cost. To address this issue, Mada-Na’s Moving Science Exhibitions provide displays in a number of different affiliated schools.

The project comprises five mobile displays, each composed of fifteen models that feature a wide range of engaging science and technology subjects and which encourage hands-on participation. Themes include electricity and magnetism, optics, mechanics, waves, heat, liquids and gases, and energy. The displays are exhibited in each town or regional council for a period of six months before moving on to a different location. Read More

Hundreds of Israeli schools have been equipped with interactive whiteboards, wireless Internet connectivity, laptops and on-going teacher training. Each participating school has a tailored implementation plan, developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Education.

This program started in 2010 in the Galilee region, in cooperation with both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry for the Development of the Negev and the Galilee. 420 Smart Classrooms were installed during the first phase of this program.  The initiative is now being rolled out in the Negev region, to equip a total of 1000 classrooms in the north and south of the country. Read More

The future is here. World ORT Kadima Mada is currently creating the classroom of tomorrow based on the Smart Classroom of today. It is modular, technological and designed to encourage a different type of studying and learning that encourages inquisitiveness through a relevance to the real world. Read More 

Meeting Students' Social Needs

A number of students at WOKM affiliated schools struggle at school on account of their underprivileged or deprived socio-economic backgrounds. Some come from single-parent households, some have parents who are unemployed, and others have experienced family illness and bereavement.

The objective of this project is to provide for the basic social needs of students who lack school books and supplies, school uniform and sports equipment. As a result, students receive the resources they need to provide them with more equal educational opportunities.  In addition, families are relieved of what can be a serious economic burden.