Orit Avraham: Orita- Carpentry and Design www.oritavraham.co.il
Orit is an interior designer with a love for making her own furniture. She has a carpentry business; she hauls, files, paints, and puts together furniture. But she makes more than a furniture piece; she offers her costumer a whole redesign experience. She upgrades existing furniture to give a home or an office a new look.
Adva Cohen: Advushka www.advushka.co.il
Adva has a textile design studio, where she designs and sells beautifully made baby products. You can find the highest quality blankets, sheets, window treatments, clothes and other creative textile products. Adva also opens her beautiful home to monthly vendor fares where other local artists come, offer their products, share marketing costs, and create a micro-business shopping center.
Nira Gal: Yediduti (friendly) – recycled art www.nof-vadereh.com
Nira creates recycled art with recycled cans, paper, plastics, bottles… anything and everything! In addition to her own creations she facilitates workshops and classes.
Zohar Hajbi: Tsiyur Intuitivy (Intuitive Painting) www.intopainting.co.il
Zohar has a studio for intuitive painting classes and workshops. She believes that every person can enjoy painting and drawing, and she facilitates classes to help people break through the barriers keeping them from expressing th
Natasha Hramov: Mahase beBad www.mahaseh-bebad.dpages.co.il
Natasha owns a sewing business, where she creates hand-made, beautiful wedding dresses. In addition to her own creations she runs sewing classes and workshops for others.
Liora Kutner: Sukariah -Glass Blown Candy www.artklm.com
Liora is an artist that creates ART with candy that she makes herself. The designs are molded with love and sugar to create the most breath taking beautiful edible objects. These make for great gifts, centerpieces and cake decorations.
(photo by Beni Bachar)
Neta Or: Works of HeART www.netaor.co.il
Illustrated gift design, Neta illustrates magnets, purse holders, mobiles, calendars, mouse pads, and a variety of accessories meant to bring a smile to her costumers. In addition she collaborates with a social organization that employs adults with mental and/or physical disabilities to market and sell her products.
Shlomit Shani and Aleksandra Selimhodzic: Pashut v’ Lavan (Simple and White) www.pashutlavan.co.il
Shlomit and Alexandra are partners in a clothing design business. They design clothing to match every woman’s needs, including day, business, and evening wear. They use only blue and white materials (made in Israel). They have created a model for feminine businesses - their partnership is truly inspiring.
Faida Tshiuma: Meri Meri Kindergarten Faida is a refugee from the Congo who opened a childcare center for children of refugees and foreign workers in South Tel Aviv. She offers 12 hour childcare to children aged 1-3 (older siblings come after school). She created a safe, nourishing and enriching environment where children are lovingly cared for and parents don’t worry! .
Mariam Al Waswas: Darin Center for Personal Awareness
Mariam has a social enterprise for Arab women in Lod. Her center facilitates personal development running support groups for women of all ages. In addition she works with a co-ed teenage group, training teen leaders. She also provides supportive and respectful forums for adult women with school aged children to give and receive apathy and support from each other, and a vibrant and active social life for young grandmothers in her community. She integrates field trips and outings into her curriculum, emphasizing that it is okay for a woman to find time for herself and her friends, and that she shouldn't always be the last priority after her husband, household and children. Mariam is truly redefining the social order and creates space for FUN in women's lives.
The Soft Letters of Limor Limor Haim Matityahoo, Supportive Community Cooperation group participant,
sharing how her business, “OTIOT” (“letters” in Hebrew), was born.
OTIOT – Limor’s Soft Personalized Gifts for Babies and Children Read her story and visit her web site.
Turning Disadvantage into a Successful Business: The Story of Kohava Balali Kohava Balali, a mother of four, started teaching herself to read at the age of 15 . After giving birth to her first child, she began to read aloud for the first time. Today, Kohava is helping other people change a disadvantage into leverage for success. Read her story.
A Supportive Environment for You A few years ago, Marina dreamed of having her own business. As an Ola Hadasha from the FSU, Marina experienced difficulty with integration in Israel, and had serious trouble in supporting herself. She knew that in order to have a better life, she needed to take action and become self-employed. “The knowledge and tools I received from Supportive Community made it possible to have a business of my own," she says. Read her story.
Shik-Shak-Shok In the heart of Tel Aviv, in the middle of the urban noise and tumult, lies an enchanting studio. Shik-Shak-Shok is a Belly Dancing Learning Center. Dana Rosnai, a professional belly dancer and teacher, is the owner of this studio. "Without Supportive Community, I never would have gotten to where I am now," says Rosnai. Read her story.
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