Core projects
Eitan core groups
The Eitan Core Groups project, named after Major-General (res.) Rafael Eitan, is designed for 18-year-olds from weakened communities from the Jewish periphery. Most of the program participants come from difficult financial backgrounds, and some are defined as at-risk youth. These youngsters are highly motivated for change, and most have never had the opportunity to perform a volunteer year in the community.

The program enables its participants to work in the community, improve their educational achievements and enlist in meaningful roles in the army. All this assists their eventual inclusion in Israeli society, on an empowered, equal footing.
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Yahad core groups Youth to Youth in Service Year
A group of volunteers from both strong and weakened locations. They serve for a year in the peripheries by working in a unique educational environment, such as operating clubs and arranging activities for local youth.
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Achva Programs: National Service Frameworks for empowering teenage Girls
A program for girls, mostly from the Ethiopian or Caucasian communities, who have formerly been rejected from National Service or been accepted for low-status positions.

The program takes place within the National Service framework and encourages participants to fulfill their personal potential.

Through meaningful and professional volunteerism, these girls integrate into Israeli society, complete their high school education and deepen their self- identity and social awareness.
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Afak core groups: Volunteer year in Arab society
Volunteer year for Arab youth aged 18-21 (National/Civic Service, Private Volunteer Year), working in their home communities in the formal and informal education systems, and serving as role models for social involvement in the community.
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Gal pre army preparatory
Ma'ase Center, in collaboration with Aharai movement, established in 2008 the first Pre-Army Preparatory in Akko. Gal Prep was named in memory of the late Colonel (res.) Michael Gal, a man who has done much for the youth and education in Israel.

The prep is designed for young people of the periphery who were not previously given the chance to take part in such a program. The prep serves as a base for empowering local social leadership in the Israeli periphery. The Pre-Army Preparatory combines an educational program of a high level, training for leadership and educational volunteer work in the community.
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Youth center in Merar : for developing and training young leadership in Arab society (Mercaz Neurim)
This center operates in Marar, and deals with the development, implementation and dissemination of leadership and volunteering models, as well as with young leadership training in Arab communities.

The youth center promotes and initiates educational, social and environmental activity, to provide a response to the existing need, both in the community in general and among the youth in particular. The youth center runs programs for ages 13-45, leadership groups for ages 13-18, a volunteer year in the community for ages 18-20, a student community for ages 19-22 and an adult community for ages 22-45. The goal is to bring about change in the young people's personal and social awareness and to nurture a new generation of leaders to spearhead meaningful social change in the villages.
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