The Use of Innovative and Creative Tools, In Order To Raise the Personal Competence of the Ultra-Orthodox Youth at Risk Who Live In a Closed Society

Principles: We operate according to the Triangle of Empowerment, developed by TripleMaker: Abilities, Creativity and Self-image. The main work is to increase their abilities, tools and to develop the student`s creativity, which will increase their self-image at the end of the process, especially around peak events.

Operating: Raising a challenge for the students that will lead to a shared thinking about the solution and will motivate action and performance.

Implementation: Makers` course-A maker is a person who identifies a need or a problem in the real world, initiates, produces the solution, and implements it in reality. This course reflects a wide range of technological capabilities and the ability to cope with challenges by creative thinking and technological application.

Photography course-Students learn to manipulate advanced photographic equipment and how to see the square of the frame as an opportunity to get out from the square of reality, how to express feelings and thoughts through one single picture. The students have reached a very high level of professionalism and their photos is currently display in a permanent exhibition in the Isareli Knesset.

Conclusions: Ultra-Orthodox society can adopt various tools that in the past were forbidden to enter, as long as you respect its different cultural identity and use it to develop and empower the students.