Every Sunday, as part of my volunteering with Tikkun Olam in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, I spend 3-5 hours at a daycare facility for migrant workers.
Tel Aviv plays host to a majority of the almost 300,000 migrant workers and refugees in Israel. These people have a tough time getting jobs because many of them do not have legal status.
Organized by Masa Israel participants, Clean the Land is a social, environmental initiative with two simple components: a coordinated, annual, nation-wide trash pickup day; and a mission to educate communities about recycling, sustainability and environmental protection.
The initiative aims to not only clean up the Land of Israel, but to instill within its people a respect for the land and to refresh their connection to it.
We invite you to join us by leading a Clean Team or by joining one.
SIGN UP to receive an information packet with instructions on what to do on the actual Trash Pickup Day (18 May 2012), as well as trash bags and protective gloves.
