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'Krembo Wings' is a national youth movement for children and adolescents both with and without disabilities that aims to promote shared inclusive activity that engenders a sense of belonging. The heterogeneous encounter taking place in the movement contributes to raising the social sensitivity and familiarity of its members with the full spectrum of communities in Israeli society. The movement seeks to provide a foundation to allow its entire membership to take part in accessible and specially-tailored activities that address the emotional and social needs of those participants with disabilities

The dilemma between loneliness and belonging has intensified in the beginning of 2020 with the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which was declared a global pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization

The need for social distance directly affected non-formal education, when youth movements were forced to cease their frontal activities. "Krembo Wings" has chosen to develop and change the framework of its activities in accordance with the new and ever-changing restrictions.

This article presents a study conducted during 2021-2020 and dealt with the study of quality of life and the experience of participation of members with complex disabilities in the "Krembo Wings" youth movement and describes how participation in activities helps strengthen the sense of acceptance and reduce loneliness.

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Article From Isolation to Belonging - Research-Based - Hebrew

The full article in English at the following link:

Between Loneliness and Belonging

posted on the Global Disabilities Summit (GDS) Blog January 2022

link to the article

Interim Report, February 2021

The research is accompanying designer-applied research, that is, beyond validation and measurement of effectiveness, the research and its findings should bring about a change, up-to-date and continuous in the intervention (in the program) itself. The corona crisis and its consequences raised the need to obtain a reliable and up-to-date picture of the situation, which will enable decisions to be made based on findings relevant to the period.

This timing of a large crisis is not ideal for validating and examining the magnitude of the effect of the intervention (plan), however, the latest and most reliable findings are critical to the improvement, accuracy, and suitability of the intervention for this challenging period.

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Interim report members from seventh grade and up

Participation in an inclusive youth movement activity - 'Krembo Wings' - as a basis for promoting a sense of social belonging

The purpose of this review is to first examine the youth movements in general and of the 'Krembo Wings' movement in particular. The youth movements are part of the non-formal education activities, and in most of them, there is a certain process of integrating children and youth with unique needs. The various models that exist for inclusion and belonging and their application in the activities of youth movements are an attempt to provide a solution to integrating the individual with the disability in society and improving his sense of belonging. The review will deal with the contribution of this unique activity, in the youth movement, to the development of social belonging among the youth (with and without disabilities) who participate in it.

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Survey article on the integration of youth with disabilities

'Krembo Wings' A model for integration from an educational perspective to a professional approach

In the social-educational organization 'Krembo Wings', the concept of 'integration' is a mainstay in the establishment of the movement and the central catalyst - to its activities.
Various definitions refer to 'integration' in the context of including a person with a disability, fulfilling the right of a person with a disability to belong, and more. In 'Krembo wings' integration passes in all life cycles of the movement, beginning with the assimilation of the ideology and continuing with the definition of the practice of adapting - the environment, method, conduct, accompaniment, and support to the unique needs of the person.

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From an educational perspective to a professional approach

In our study, we sought to examine the condition of the siblings without the special needs of the families with
a child with a disability. We chose to conduct a joint study with the 'Krembo wings' movement, because of
the unique nature of the movement activity. We hypothesized that the duration of social-educational activities
that the movement takes place will be linked to a change in the situation of the siblings to the child with the disabilities
In the family, so the siblings without special needs will contribute by the very participation of their siblings with
The disabilities in the various movement activities.

The study was conducted by Raz Hadif and Dr. Avidan Milevsky in collaboration with Krembo Wings.

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Abstract Study of siblings without disabilities in families with a child with a disability

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the integration and inclusion model for children and adolescents with disabilities
in 'Krembo Wings' youth movement?

This study explores the pros and cons of the integration and inclusion model of children and adolescents with disabilities
in 'Krembo Wings'. The study is a qualitative study and is based on semi-structured interviews
of focus groups that include up mediators and members of the movement from various branches around the country, as well, there are
combining observation reports on the movement weekly activities in two different branches. The interviews examine and seek
after the motives for belonging to the movement, personal experience, social dynamics, movement values, and the issue of integration
And the inclusion of children and youth with disabilities in the movement. Interview participants openly shared on
their opinions and experiences and from this the main findings of the study were derived.
The findings of the study indicated the advantages and disadvantages of the integration and inclusion model used in the movement.
Benefits such as 'developing personal abilities and skills' among children and adolescents with disabilities alongside 'feeling'
Belonging, inclusion, and acceptance in the movement'. The findings of the model's shortcomings indicated 'non-professional assimilation in the field of education
especially at the field level 'alongside' creating a utopian social reality 'which may exclude them from general society
in the present and future.
In light of these findings, a discussion was conducted in order to draw lessons and insights in order to improve and streamline the integration and inclusion experience
of children and adolescents with disabilities in youth movements in the country in general and in particular the customary model
in 'Krembo Wings'.

The study was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Nitzan Almog, and by students Matan Ohana and Avery Worley.

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Integration and inclusion in the social educational space

The present study dealt with resonance assessment. This type of evaluation research comes to document, measure, and analyze the effects of activity over time. In the case of "Krembo Wings" the effect of the movement on two populations was examined, first and foremost:
Mentors who have been active in the movement for two years or more and their parents. These two populations constitute two possible circles of influence: changes in the first circle are the circle of mentors, which will indicate a direct change resulting from participation in the activity. Changes in the second circle, which is the circle of parents/siblings/friends, will indicate an indirect change (which is expected to start only in the medium term) mediated by the participants in the activity.

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Krembo Resonance Assessment Research Report - July 2015

The fact that the Krembo Wings Youth Movement stems from the life experience of a child with special needs and his desire to do what everyone else did, creates a unique approach to “inclusion”. “Inclusion” is seen as an expansion of the mainstream to allow, enable, and encourage children who are usually pushed to the margins to be part of the mainstream, in daily life, school, and social activities. This approach requires mutual acceptance, mutual respect and mutual appreciation. The strategies used by the Krembo Youth Movement are an outgrowth of this approach. Based on theories of conducive education, person-centered thinking and living to one’s potential, the strategies stress working together and having fun together, developing everyone’s potentials to create a joint endeavor of learning, reflection and enjoyment. The present article presents the movement, the approach and the strategies supported by empirical evidence from the field. The evidence is drawn from a secondary analysis of an Evaluation Research Report conducted for Krembo Wings in 2015.

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Strategies Used by Krembo Wings to promote inclusiveness

A brief of the lecture we gave at the MOFET conference.

brief on MOFET conference