Chimes Israel has been helping people with disabilities use their own abilities and skills to lead a life of dignity, independence, and community participation since 1991.

Ashkelon, Israel, October 23, 2025 -- Chimes Israel has been helping people with disabilities use their own abilities and skills to lead a life of dignity, independence, and community participation since 1991.

Currently, Chimes is seeking to construct a fortified early childhood development center in Ashkelon, about eight miles from Gaza, offering an expanded safe room for shelter and the highest level of rehabilitative care.

Chimes serves more than 1,400 clients ranging in age from infant to elderly with cognitive disabilities, autism, developmental delays, genetic syndromes, and mental health issues. Their 26 rehabilitative facilities were temporarily closed in 2023, but they responded with innovative in-person and tech solutions.

While Chimes Israel offers innovative solutions, free of charge to its clients, it is the next-level commitment of its staff that stands out any further.

Despite being on the move in 2023 and unsure of when she would be back home, Lilach Tanami continued serving as a social worker with Chimes Israel. She reached out to families in Ashkelon in October 2023, a city only eight miles from the Gaza border.

“Many children with developmental disabilities could not stay in their homes,” Lilach said. “I coordinated with a colleague and with the city for support and relocation. We also began remote therapeutic work: Zoom sessions, home visits by staff, and parent guidance.”

Chimes Israel serves the following groups in Israel:

• Preschool children six months old to three years old at rehabilitative daycare centers
• School-age children in leisure after-school programs
• Young adults in academic-vocational colleges
• Able-bodied adults with cognitive disabilities in a variety of supportive work programs
• Adults with severe disabilities in therapeutic nursing day centers
• Jews, Christians, Muslims, and refugees

Social worker Tslil Elmakiyas is a testimony to the selfless commitment that sets Chimes Israel apart in its service to those with developmental disabilities. During a time of intense personal struggle, she continued working with children at the Ashkelon day center.

“Helping others is healing. Supporting someone else, lifting them up—it heals you too,” she explained. “Because I, too, had lived through trauma, some of my clients felt I truly understood them. That created a special, healing bond.”

To learn more about Chimes Israel, chimesisrael.org.il/en

About the company: About Chimes Israel Chimes Israel has been helping people with disabilities use their own abilities and skills to lead a life of dignity, independence, and community participation since 1991. Chimes Israel serves more than 1,400 clients ranging in age from infant to elderly with cognitive disabilities, autism, developmental delays, genetic syndromes, and mental health issues. Their 26 rehabilitative facilities were closed at the beginning of the war, but they responded with innovative in-person and tech solutions. They seek to construct a fortified early childhood development center in Ashkelon, about eight miles from Gaza, offering an expanded safe room for shelter during missile attacks and the highest level of rehabilitative care. To learn more, visit chimesisrael.org.il/en.

Contact Info:
Name: Clem Boyd
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Organization: Chimes Israel
Address: 5331 Triangle Ln
Phone: 7249304003
Website: http://chimesisrael.org.il/en

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