Talpiot Children Village, situated in Hadera, offers a warm and supportive home to 200 children aged 5-15, of whom some 50% are new immigrants from Ethiopia and FSU. The children come from disadvantaged, low income and very often single-parent families at risk. They are referred to Talpiot by the social services due to risk situations, i.e. neglect, dysfunctional parents, domestic violence, sexual abuse, mental illnesses, drug abuse and alcoholism. The children have serious emotional, psychological and behavioral difficulties. These impact on their learning capabilities and achievements at school.

Talpiot’s conviction that a child should grow up at home with his natural family, has led to the implementation of an innovative treatment model, which aims to both heal the child and empower his family. By treating the entire family, Talpiot generates a rehabilitative change that affords the return of the children home after a time-restricted residence and prevents the removal of siblings to residential arrangements.

Talpiot is constantly initiating new projects to meet the needs of its children and families. These include: personalized family treatment programs, scholastic reinforcement and excellence promotion, therapeutic-educational music programs, parent-children workshops, therapeutic pet zoo, funded by the Brighton & Hove Committee, as well as renovation and landscaping of the premises.