Photo: Rami Kandkhorov and Millie Wasserstrum at the Tel Aviv center of Shema, an NGO working with deaf and hard-of-hearing children, March 30, 2016. Credit: Moti Milrod
The non-profit, which serves a third of deaf Israeli children aged 6 to 18, had its government funding cut last year.
Lee Yaron
Haaretz Contributor
Mar 31, 2016 1:51 AM
Shema, a nonprofit organization that provides therapeutic and social services to about a third of deaf Israeli children aged 6 to 18, will be shutting down at the end of the school year because its budget is no longer sufficient.
The nonprofit began experiencing serious financial difficulties around half a year ago after its government funding was cut by 30 percent over two years. It now has a deficit of some 1 million shekels ($264,000). The organization held a fundraising event earlier this month but the sum collected was not enough to continue operating.
