CLICK Society

Entrepreneurial Journey to Australia

Linda Mosek, CLICK'S director, and Mazal Sabag, the new coordinator of the SAVI project, returned from an Entrepreneurial Journey to Australia!

They were invited by the founders of SAVI, Sara and Victor from Melbourne, Australia, to gain from their 30 years of invaluable experience in philanthropic work via the use of handicrafts. Mazal and Linda were keen to restructure SAVI'S marketing strategy, plan the next stage of the venture, consolidate aims and prepare a working plan. The entire visit was documented on video and will be edited on a CD for future reference.

The new revised aims of SAVI are:

• To generate revenue promoting economic growth by:
  • Operating a handicraft factory run by the aged, who cut and pack handicraft raw material into kits to be sold to a national craft distributor.
  • Developing a learning and inspiration center with handicraft seminars, that promote the therapeutic benefits of craft for terror victims in rehabilitation, children in crisis intervention centers, elderly in day and residential centers, pre-school and school children, children in after school holiday programs, patients in hospitals, elderly in home based care, youth movements, intergenerational projects, special education schools and the general public.
• To become a sustainable in-house industry based on reinvestment of profits to cover expenses of the project and fund future community philanthropic causes.
• To change the status and image of the elderly from dependant, weak and vulnerable, to productive, capable, useful and be a promoter of philanthropic development and economic growth in Israel
• To promote the therapeutic benefits of crafting as a miracle "drug" to reduce stress, calm the mind and soul and improve academic learning
• To promote Zionism by attracting overseas Australian youth volunteers to work in the project.