YoungUIA proudly supports the Kiryat Yearim Youth Village. Kiryat Yearim, sitting atop the Judean Hills near Jerusalem, has a resident population of 140 youth and comprises of underachieving boys and girls aged 12-17. Kiryat Yearim employs a multi-pronged approach to the academic and social rehabilitation of children at risk through individually designed programs and intensive tutoring, therapeutic and psychological counselling and remedial education. This is done in order to bridge the gaps and help the children mainstream into general high school education.

14 year old Benjamin* moved to Israel 5 years ago along with his three younger brothers. Benjamin and his brothers suffered from abuse and neglect ...

UIA Executive Director and Shlicha Amit Tzur-Tal discusses the UIA on the Shtick last week.

“Global Young Leadership - Where are we heading?” was the theme for the 2011 UIA Volunteers Dinner held at South Caulfield Shule Hall on Tuesday 30th August. YUIA Chairman David Boyar MC'ed the evening which took on a new and fresh approach this year.

                    It was a rollicking adventure, a celebration of Jewish peoplehood, and a great big party rolled into one as 42 young adults from around the world converged on Jerusalem on Tuesday, June 21, for Keren Hayesod's Kesher 2011 - The Julia Koschitzky Seminar for Young Leadership.

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Engaging financial speaker Victor Khosla, Founder and Senior Managing Director of the US based investment firm Strategic Value Partners (SVP), spoke at an  intimate business breakfast at Deutsche Bank on Tuesday 22 February 2011.  As ...

As the fire and smoke subside, and the magnitude of the damages of the fire on Mt. Carmel become apparent, Keren Hayesod–UIA, is now galvanizing support for the long term reconstruction. At two special meetings – one held in the Knesset at a Parliamentary Committee, and one held at the Prime Minister's Office – Keren Hayesod has been asked to call on the Jewish World to stand with Israel in facing the consequences of this unprecedented natural disaster.

Nearly 2,000 children and their parents from Tirat Hacarmel, the Haifa city bordering the Carmel forest where Israel’s largest and most devastating forest fire in Israel’s history recently occurred, spent a day of fun at a Tel Aviv amusement park.