Katef Chama provides supplementary community services for Families with chronic illness.   Our  Mission is to upgrade functioning and promote the health of care givers and other family members. .  the expression "katef Chama" means a "warm shoulder" one gives to a person in need.  we concentrate on projects that demonstrates innovative approaches with measurable results. we colaborate with field organizations , community and welfare advocates and medical proffessional teams to detect at -risk Family members. we demonstrate both transactional and transformal leadership twards the supported families and their surounding.

About families with chronic illness:

 Findings shown in the WHO, ILO and UNESCO papers,
setting new principals of the Community Based Rehabilitation model,
The Disabled- People- Family study (Gilad 2008), and other studies that mapped the Top Needs
of family members, pointing out that this is a vulnerable population,
under risk of poverty, depression and  social exclusion.
A Study most recently published shows that morbidity and mortality rates
 are increasing amongst the family members (Baron 2009).

Katef Chama provides services that benefit families whose income is below the median income in.
According to the Israeli Central Bureau of statistics, 55% of chronic patients resides in peripheral regions; therefore Katef  Chama focuses it's efforts in the peripheral regions of Israel.

 Organizational Structure

:Board members:
Mrs. Rachel Karni, Internal Auditor and Chinese Medicine therapist
Director of Havazelet and Hashomer Hatzair foundations.
.Dr. Ayala Cohen, Tel -Hay Academic college, the social welfare and health  school 
Mrs. Ronit Nitzan,finnacial manager at the Bnleumi Bank,a Medical Coacher.
Prof. Amnon Boehm, Ph.D, head of Faculty of Welfare and Health Studies at
 Haifa University, Board member of Hosen organization for at risk youth.
Mr. Said Kizel; Pharmaceutical Representative, 
member of Enosh Organization for mentally ill patients.
Mr. Chanan Shaul; financing and community manager
Board member of Tefen democratic school.
Mr. Oren Efrati; Quality , Marketing and Application Engineer.
Mr.Miki Omer,former operation manager at Rambam Hospital,Insurance manager and a sivil service volunteer.

Audit committee:
Mrs. Nurit Mor. Financial Manager
Mrs. Dolly Mandalovitch; Pharmaceutical Representative.

General Manager:
Mrs. Ziv Efrati; Medical Device representative, Nature Therapy Group Counselor

:Consultants
Mrs. Avital Bet Ner; Legal risk and ENE, former judge, arbitrator and mediator.
Mrs. Meirav Granot; Senior Citizens Programs Developer and Group Counselor.
Mr. Micha Gilad; Social Worker, Hydro therapist and nature therapy Group Counselor.

:Staff
freelance professional manager ( Psychotherapist
Freelance Drama & Art Therapists, Nature therapy group councilors.