WIZO Aviv Challenge Registered: 16 April 2010

WIZO AVIV is embarking on a challenging adventure in Israel in order to raise vital funds for WIZO’s work. The ‘Aviv Challenge’ is a sponsored challenge exclusively for women that takes place in Israel from 25th – 30th April 2010. This unforgettable mission for women aged 30 – 45 will see 20 British volunteers working hands-on for WIZO UK’s flagship project - The Rebecca Sieff WIZO Centre in Jerusalem, a threefold centre that encompasses Europe's largest day care centre, a vocational centre and also provides a refuge for women suffering from domestic violence. The UK team will be taken completely out of their comfort zones with a variety of different tasks – creating a tranquil garden for the women and children in the refuge, developing a separate outside eating and play area, decorating the centre with paintings and murals, and taking on all sorts of other jobs. The team will also take it in turns to work with the youth in the vocational kitchen teaching them traditional English recipes and working in the day care centre running arts and crafts activities. The team have already raised in excess of £35,000 but are planning to raise much more to help WIZO provide essential social welfare services. Follow the blog to see how they get on in Israel and how they help make a difference to the lives of women and children in Israel. Nicky Miller and Emma Yantin AVIV WIZO UK