Unique in its mission to protect children from all forms of abuse – sexual, physical, emotional, and parental neglect, ELI is Israel’s leading child protection association. Founded in 1979 by Dr. Hanita Zimrin, ELI is geared for maximal outreach, identification and treatment of child abuse victims nationwide. The organization campaigns tirelessly to increase awareness of the problem by educating the public at-large, training professionals and sharing vital information with potential victims, parents, and community leaders.

ELI’s dedicated and highly-trained staff of clinical specialists treats thousands of children who suffer from abuse, as well as family members and perpetrators to ensure the safety  and well-being of victims. ELI contends that, when possible, treating family members alongside and on behalf of the children can improve family dynamics and help break the intergenerational chain of abuse. Therapy can last anywhere from a few sessions to several years.

In a given year, ELI has over 4,000 children in therapy, in addition to thousands more of their siblings, parents, and extended family members.

In aggregate, ELI’s therapists administer approximately 1,000 hours of therapy weekly.

Despite numerous achievements and demonstrable progress over the last four decades, ELI still has much work to do. Today more than ever, due in large part to the severe emotional distress caused by the COVID pandemic, there has been a surge of child abuse cases. ELI remains fully committed to breaking the intergenerational chain of abuse and violence – and we need your help.

We thank you in advance for supporting our effort to raise public awareness of the problem of child abuse and for helping ELI to continue fighting for Israel’s children.