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Bizchut, The Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities

National Network

Israel

Address

P.O. Box 34510, Jerusalem 91000 Jerusalem Israel

Country

Israel

City

Jerusalem

Street address 2

P.O. Box 34510, Jerusalem 91000

Mobile Phone

054-4487932

Telephone

02-652-1308

Telephone (other)

054-4818371

E-Mail

suzanne@bizchut.org.il

E-Mail (2)

esther@bizchut.org.il

Website

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Year of Establishment

1993

Contact Person1

Suzanne Cannon, Director of Resource Development

Contact Person 2

Esther Sivan

Organisation Type

Non-Governmental Organization

Fields of Activity

Human rights

General Information

Bizchut is an independent non-profit organization. We have 15 members of staff who work in full and part time positions. The organization is governed by a board of trustees, all of whom are volunteers with an interest in disability rights. Our budget for 2009 is $570,000. We do not accept government funding and are supported largely by charitable foundations and donations from individuals from America, Europe and Israel. A small percentage of our budget comes from donations from businesses and income-generating activities such as lectures and workshops. As an advocacy organization, cooperation with other disability and social change organizations is a central part of our activity.

Mission and Objectives

Bizchut, works to achieve equal rights and opportunities for people within the entire spectrum of disabilities in all areas of life, regardless of age, gender or ethnic background. The name Bizchut (by right) reflects our position as the first Israeli organization to approach issues concerning people with disabilities from a rights rather than charity-based perspective. Our target audience includes individuals with disabilities and family members, professionals and service providers and civil servants and decision makers. Our objectives and strategies include: providing information on disability rights and entitlements; providing one-to-one assistance through our hotlines in Hebrew and Arabic; empowering individuals through empowerment workshops; training professionals, legal action challenging non-provision of services or discriminatory policy; monitoring of policy; encouraging media exposure of disability rights and promotion of disability rights legislation.

Main Projects / Activities

Rights Hotline for People with Disabilities – Bizchut’s hotlines in Hebrew and Arabic offer tailor-made assistance to thousands of people with disabilities every year. The hotlines provide information and assistance to people with disabilities, family members, professionals working in the field and disability organizations. Bizchut’s Mental Health Project aims to bring about a change in the attitude towards and implementation of rehabilitation services in the community for people with mental illness, through field-work and advocacy to change and improve policy. Activity promoting housing in the community for individuals with disabilities also uses the parallel tracks of community outreach and challenging the authorities to expand the options available to people with different kinds of disabilities. Ongoing projects include information workshops for people with disabilities, and lectures and workshops making professionals more aware of the particular needs of individuals with disabilities and providing tools for adapting services to meet these needs.