Under the auspices of the President’s House: An emergency fund has...

the president Reuven Rivlin And Minister of Culture and Sports Hili Trooper today launched an emergency fund in sports for children during the Corona period. Values ​​in Sports, the Basketball Association and the association joining Kadogel, initiated together, under the auspices of the President’s House, and with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Silvan Adams Foundation, a joint and immediate move to establish a financial and social emergency fund for children and youth in basketball clubs. Fund budget: NIS 3 million.

“A major challenge facing us is concern for the future generation of the State of Israel,” he saidpresident At launch, “More than ever, it is the responsibility of all of us to make sure that every boy and girl receives the support and framework they need. Sports clubs and youth departments, are an educational and social anchor for tens of thousands of children from all over the country. The Corona crisis has not missed these sports clubs and these days, they are forced to operate under conditions of uncertainty. “Some have closed down, and many children find themselves without the essential framework they need, and without the ability to fund their participation in basketball and sports activities.”

The Minister Trooper He said: It is true that ‘the poorest person is not one who has no shekel, but one who has no dream’, but too often children without a shekel will become boys without dreams. It is precisely out of this pain that the wonderful initiative of the Sports Emergency Fund for children, clubs and the community arose. The great crisis that threatens the continued existence and activity of the youth departments and clubs in basketball has brought the Sports Values ​​Association, the Basketball Association, the Sylvan Adams Foundation under my leadership and of course under the auspices, support and leadership of Dear President Reuven Rivlin, who has been leading the vision for years. Israeli, to set up the foundation and make sure that no child without a dream stays here. Let there be no child here who will not be able to fulfill it due to an economic barrier. The special fund launched here today is the outstretched hand and it is the Israeli hope. ”

Chairman of the Basketball Association Amiram Halevi He said: “Beyond the thanks we owe to everyone who helped and supported the establishment of this foundation, the President’s House, Sylvan Adams and the Sports Values ​​Association, I see the great importance at a young age. Naturally the media deals with professional sports and it is certainly important but let’s not forget “Thousands of children. This is the reality that we must keep every boy and girl in order to continue playing sports. The basketball association is looking for a way to maintain the frameworks, whether it is through the technological wonders that exist in the hope that the return date for training and games will be brought forward.”