Therapeutic Equipment & Assistive Technology to Give Israel’s Most Vulnerable Children the Strongest Possible Start in Life
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For most young children, early childhood unfolds through countless small moments: taking first steps, learning to sit, asking for comfort, joining peers in play, and exploring the world with growing confidence.
For preschoolers with disabilities, these milestones often do not happen naturally or easily. A child with autism and apraxia may understand everything around him but remain unable to ask for food, say “Mommy,” or tell someone he feels scared. A toddler with cerebral palsy may struggle to sit upright, join classroom activities, or experience independent movement. A child with sensory processing challenges may feel overwhelmed by sound, transitions, or unfamiliar environments.
At Chimes Israel’s rehabilitative early childhood centers, children work every day to overcome developmental, motor, sensory, communication, emotional, and visual challenges during the most important years of brain development.
Equipment That Changes a Child’s World
Chimes Israel seeks support for specialized therapeutic equipment and assistive communication technology for two rehabilitative early childhood centers serving preschoolers with disabilities in Ashkelon and Tel Aviv.
These life-changing tools will help young children strengthen mobility, communication, emotional regulation, sensory processing, participation, confidence, and independence. The equipment will help some children sit independently for the first time, tolerate transitions, participate in classroom activities, or experience supported movement. For children who cannot communicate, assistive technology will provide a voice, allowing them to tell others what they need and how they feel.
With the right equipment, children can sit upright, take supported steps, regulate emotions, communicate needs, tolerate transitions, participate in play, strengthen visual tracking, interact with peers, and join classroom life.
For children with limited verbal communication, assistive technology opens an entirely new world. Through iPads, communication software, symbols, images, and voice-output systems, children who cannot say “I’m hungry,” “I’m scared,” “I need help,” or “I want Mommy” begin expressing needs, feelings, choices, and ideas, often for the first time in their lives.
Yosef’s Story
Yosef is two and a half years old. He has autism and apraxia, a neurological condition that makes speech extremely difficult. Yosef is bright. He understands what happens around him. He has thoughts, feelings, preferences, fears, and joys. For most of his young life, he had no reliable way to share them.
His speech-language pathologist introduced a simple communication board with pictures and words such as “more,” “bread,” and “no.” One day, Yosef looked at the food cart and pointed to the picture for “more” next to a food he loved.
That moment changed everything. Yosef became calmer, more engaged, and more confident. He began to reach out instead of withdraw. He started using gestures, then pointing, and then his first spoken words: Ima and Abba.
When a child feels heard, he wants to connect. Communication changes every part of a child’s life: emotional regulation, learning, relationships, and independence.
Your Support Matters
A child’s earliest years shape everything that follows. They influence communication, relationships, emotional regulation, learning, and participation in the world. For young children with disabilities, the right support during this brief and critical window can change the course of a lifetime.
For our Shulamit and Shaked Centers in Ashkelon, we seek gait trainers, standers, positioning chairs, stability chairs, weighted vests, and multisensory tools. These items will help children walk, sit safely, join their class at eye level, feel calm, and participate more fully.
For our Holland Rehabilitative Early Childhood Center in Tel Aviv, we seek iPads and communication software. These tools transform silence into speech, isolation into connection, and frustration into the quiet miracle of being understood.
Government funding does not cover these critical equipment and technology needs. Your support will help young children with disabilities communicate their needs, move with greater confidence, participate more fully, and experience the joy of connection, independence, and belonging.
Donate now to help Israel’s most vulnerable children build the strongest possible foundation for life. Together, we can help young children with disabilities grow, learn, communicate, and thrive.
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Every gift brings us closer to protecting our vulnerable children with disabilities in Ashkelon, Israel
Donations via Wire Transfer
Bank Transfer
US 501c3 Bank Transfer Information
To: Chimes International/FBO Israel Wiring Instructions
Bank Name: Truist
120 E Baltimore St., 23rd Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
Routing Number #: 053101121
Account #: 1090003115685
Account Name: Chimes International Limited/FBO Israel
Please send remittance to: chimesweb@chimes.org
Israel 46A Tax Deduction
Account: Chimes Israel
Israel Amuta #: 58-0188894
Address: 24A Habarzel, Floor 2, Tel Aviv, 6971065 Israel
Bank: Israel Discount Bank, Branch #85, Kikar Yitzhak Rabin, 66 Ibn Gvirol Street, Tel Aviv 6495203 Israel
Account Type: Checking
Swift Routing #: IDBLILITXXX
IBAN #: IL450110850000002349428
Account #: 2349428
Personal Check
US 501c3 Address for Mailing Checks
Chimes International for Chimes Israel
4815 Seton Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215
ATTN: O’Ryan Case
Chimes International, Ltd.
EIN: 52-2000359
