Awards and Honors
2021
Avital Ben Porat, Director of Eden Therapeutic Boarding School, received the Tamar Baum-Dickstein Commendation from El HaLev Association for her dedicated and outstanding work supporting and protecting girls affected by risk and violence.
2018
The Bereshit Prize for Women’s Empowerment and the Advancement of Gender Equality was awarded to a program designed to encourage open discussion of sexuality and sexual abuse as part of everyday life for young women at Eden School.
2013
The Added Value Award for Social Entrepreneurship, presented by Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank.
2012
Shirley Katzir, founder of Eden Association, received the Leonore and Larry Zussman Award for Excellence in Social Services in Israel, presented by JDC Israel.
2012
The Exemplary Contribution to Society Award, presented by Israel’s National Council for Volunteering as part of the tenth anniversary of the Israel-Sderot Conference for Society.
1998
The prestigious Quality Initiative Award, presented by the Standards Institution of Israel in honor of Israel’s 50th anniversary.