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Darckenu Israel - new wilderness program abroad

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Ursus:
Inculcating a values system into a populace that increases the likelihood of their following the dictates of government, military, or corporate interests is best, or perhaps, more easily achieved whilst said populace is still in their formative years.

Oscar:
It seems that some part of their population want to maintain a certain rather old-fashioned model of parent - child interaction. I happened to see one episode of The world strictest parents where two British teenagers were sent to Israel to live with a local family according to their standards. Their guidelines for covering the girls up was not so far away from the standards in Iran.

Especially the British girl crumpled due to the harsh culture down there and it was only for a week.

Anne Bonney:

--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---And finally, yet some more:


Our team

Led by Irit Abir, Shaul Abir and Einat Tzuk, professionals with extensive experience in training, counseling and education programs with youth at risk, Darckenau Israel trail guides are all young Israelis with a sense of mission and purpose.
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I wonder what that experience entails?  Are there any degreed counselors there?


--- Quote ---Their past service in the Israeli Defense Forces, as commanders in a variety of elite units, is part of what defines their endless motivation to work with adolescence towards desired goals.[/list]
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Ah!  There's one question answered and a definite red flag raised. (Nothing to do with Israelis per se....just seems that a lot of these military types think they can "help" kids and create a mini boot camp.)

Ursus:
Re. another enterprise of the Abirs, out of which Darckenu Israel probably evolved:

Irit and Shaul Abir are a husband and wife team who offer "experiential workshops" to singles, couples, families, youth groups, schools, businesses, etc. on a variety of topics which could broadly be described as focused on "ethical" or "productive living." Perhaps I am overreaching myself with that impression. Perhaps it would be safer to suggest that the Abirs run some kind of "life coaching" business.

From two pages on their website:


IRIT AND SHAUL ABIR, Workshop Trainers

Irit Abit, BA in Social Sciences and Humanities, MBA, Group Leader Program graduate, extensive experience in leading workshops in interpersonal communication, parenting, couple relationships, and improvement of service in organizations.

Shaul Abir, BA in Psychology, advanced studies in organizational psychology and coping with high-pressure situations, extensive experience in consulting, in leading workshops in the areas of management, leadership, team development and human resource systems development, and in training both in Israel and in many countries worldwide.

Both Irit and Shaul lead workshops in various fields and are also active in divorce mediation.

We are married and have six children.

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APPLIED INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Interpersonal communication is the foundation of every relationship between human beings.

Our communications are replete with subjective, sometimes unconscious interpretations that we perceive as "reality." With the aid of simple, relevant tools we can make our communications effective and useful.

One way or another, everything we do touches on interpersonal communication and the ability to use it more successfully.

We devote considerable attention to making our workshops practical and applicable for the participants.[/list]

Yael Eshet Khever:
Interesting. I've noticed there's no Hebrew version of the site-- probably sticking to recruiting foreigners. I wonder where this thing is located (there are plenty of places that can be described as "desert", and you can't expect a foreigner to know when he's in the actual desert or not).
As for the instructors being ex-military people-- everybody here is ex-military. And the military culture is different from the US military. Knowing what units these guys/girls come from can tell a lot about who you're dealing with. Btw-- the law here requires armed escorts during school trips.

I don't think this thing's going to last long.

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