Operating in every general hospital, they offer educational and enrichment programs beyond formal school hours — and at times within them.
About the organization
SASA Setton is a leading educational and social organization in the field of education for children hospitalized in Israel's medical centers. Founded in 2009 by the late Philip Stone and Hilda Stone, the organization works in close partnership with the Ministry of Education. Through learning and enrichment activities, it provides an educational response to some 150,000 hospitalized children each year, across 42 schools operating in hospitals throughout Israel — general, psychiatric, and rehabilitation.
Operating in every hospital and in children's and youth psychiatric wards. The school provides study and enrichment programs adapted to complex and sensitive hospitalizations, led by SASA Setton's professional facilitators.
: Operating in every rehabilitation hospital and in complex long-term nursing-care settings, where children undergo long-term rehabilitation.
SASA Setton
Advancing excellence and education
SASA Setton in action — programs across the country
SASA Setton in action
programs across the country
SASA Setton leads a wide range of national projects across Israel, with the goal of giving children and young people educational, values-based, and cultural experiences even in the most difficult circumstances. The organizatio develops and runs distinctive programs in hospitals, in educational institutions, and in the community, combining innovative learning, creativity, technology, and the arts.
hospitals
Early Childhood Centers of Excellence
Literacy: Building a World
Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital
- Plan :בתי חולים
- Location : Ra'anana
- School Principal : Dafna Manes
Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center
- Plan :בתי חולים
- Location : Bnei Brak
- School Principal : Tova Oppenheimer
Eshkol Regional Council
- Plan :מרכז המצויינות לגיל הרך
- Location : Kibbutz Magen (Kalanit Kindergarten), Yated (Dror Kindergarten), Yesha (Savyon Kindergarten), Ein HaBesor (Rakefet Kindergarten), Shlomit (Nitzanim, Reshit and Neta Kindergartens), Kibbutz Be'eri (Hatzav Kindergarten), Kissufim (Rimon Kindergarten), Kibbutz Nirim (Dror Kindergarten), Kibbutz Kerem Shalom (Kerem Kindergarten), Kibbutz Sufa (Shunit Kindergarten), Ofarim (Hamaniya Kindergarten – developmental delay), Bror Hayil – regional special-education kindergarten (communication), Ein HaBesor (Shaknai Kindergarten – developmental delay; Shahaf Kindergarten – communication)
Sdot Negev Regional Council
- Plan :מרכז המצויינות לגיל הרך
- Location : Kibbutz Sa'ad (Dekel Kindergarten), Kfar Maimon (Shoham Kindergarten), Science Kindergarten – regional kindergarten for council communities, Arazim (Arazim Kindergarten)
Bat Yam
- Plan :מרכז המצויינות לגיל הרך
- Location : Bat Yam (Kindergartens: Exodus, Shirat HaYam, Pninat HaYam)
Merom HaGalil Regional Council
- Plan :מרכז המצויינות לגיל הרך
- Location : Amuka (Ya'ar Kindergarten), Kerem Ben Zimra (Shoshanim Kindergarten), Rehaniya – Circassian village (Nafna Kindergarten)
Upper Galilee Regional Council
- Plan :מרכז המצויינות לגיל הרך
- Location : Kibbutz Kfar Giladi (Shaked Kindergarten), Kibbutz Yiron (Kalanit Kindergarten), Kibbutz Kfar Blum (Alon and Hohit Kindergartens), Kibbutz Lahavot HaBashan (Sigalit Kindergarten)
Hatzor HaGlilit
- Plan :מרכז המצויינות לגיל הרך
- Location : Hatzor (Kindergartens: Honi – state-religious, Oren)
Schneider Children's Medical Center
- Plan :בתי חולים
- Location : Petah Tikva
- School Principal : Nurit Avni Shapira
Ma'ale HaCarmel Mental Health Center
- Plan :בתי חולים
- Location : Haifa
- School Principal : Liat Gorman
Maor Tirat Carmel Medical Center
- Plan :בתי חולים
- Location : Tirat Carmel
- School Principal : Hagit Ogenitz
Hof Ashkelon Regional Council
- Plan :מרכז המצויינות לגיל הרך
- Location : Kibbutz Karmia (Narkis and Sayfan Kindergartens), Beit Shikma (Shikmim Kindergarten), Kibbutz Zikim (Eshel Kindergarten), Kibbutz Gvar'am (Te'ena Kindergarten), Netiv HaAsara (Dekel Kindergarten)
Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council
- Plan :מרכז המצויינות לגיל הרך
- Location : Kibbutz Bror Hayil (Yoreh Kindergarten), Kibbutz Nahal Oz (Savyon Kindergarten), Kibbutz Mefalsim (Hatzav Kindergarten)