Background of the Learning Exchange Committee

The Learning Exchange Committee is committed to its mission. In particular, this Committee's work has been and continues to focus on closing the social and economic gaps that exist among the diverse populations in Haifa and in helping to make it a model city of a civil society for all of Israel.

The challenges in achieving this mission are not small given the alarming growth of poverty and other economic challenges in Haifa and throughout Israel in general. There is significantly uneven social and economic development among varying disadvantaged populations in Haifa.  The demand for collaboration and involvement with social justice organizations has never been greater given the government's significant challenges in meeting the social and economic needs of its most vulnerable individuals and populations. 

The Learning Exchange Committee is committed to: serving as an agent for positive social change; making the city's Council of Volunteer Organizations into a strong organizational resource and convener; acting on our responsibility to reduce inequality alienation and social injustice; and creating a model for bridging and closing the social and economic gaps in Haifa that can serve as an example for the rest of the nation.