A New Early Childhood Center in Ashkelon

Our two Ashkelon early childhood centers for children with disabilities, ages six months to three years, operate in four inadequately repurposed private homes. They are full of small rooms and many stairs that are extremely difficult to navigate for special children and their cumbersome equipment.

Because the houses are not protected, during wars and conflicts when rockets reign down on Ashkelon, the children cannot go to their therapeutic daycare and lose critical developmental progress.

Together with the Ashkelon Municipality, we are building a new, state-of-the-art rehabilitative early childhood center to serve 80 children. The Waldbaum Family Rehabilitative Daycare Center, named for its benefactors, will enable Chimes to provide high-quality care in Ashkelon for years to come.

The building will also be protected, so the children will not have to flee to shelter in times of emergency. In appreciation of major donations, there will be opportunities to dedicate rooms to loved ones.