Merkaz-Elshafaei Association, AR 580540052, is a non-profit, humanitarian organization, founded in 2011 in the city of Rahat, which works to address poverty and break the cycle of poverty, and to provide assistance and immediate response to weak populations and families in need, to the population in the Bedouin sector and unrecognized villages in the Negev, as well as to the Jewish population in the south The organization helps about 870 families and about 6792 people every year, without difference between sex, religion, race, origin or nationality. The association as a leading organization that deals with poverty and the plight of the poor and needy families in the Negev.
Our vision is to break the cycle of poverty through the provision of humanitarian aid. Through our aid center, we help thousands of needy families every week by distributing baskets of food, meat and vegetables, and operate throughout the year, distributing clothing, footwear, renovating homes for orphans, meals for students and support and scholarships for students and more.