1990 – 1999
14 December 2022
Early WIZO Child Care Centre in the 1920’s
11 January 2023WIZO launched the first emergency national hotline for women suffering from violence in the family and children at risk and built the 1st protected Day Care Centre against Kassam missiles in Sderot. WIZO also sheltered Jewish and Arab residents from the Katyusha rockets in Lebanon. In 2020, during the Covid-19 lockdown, WIZO opened a third emergency shelter to protect women suffering from domestic violence. In 2022, WIZO welcomed 75 Ukrainian refugee youth to its youth villages, giving them a home, education, love and therapy to help ease their trauma.