The Outdoor Resilience program is an innovative pedagogical initiative of Chugey Sayarut that moves learning from within four walls out into the open space. In this program students participate in activities or field trips once a week in a session that combines experiential learning of scouting-related content with a direct, immediate connection to the outdoor.
The weekly session in nature allows children to develop natural curiosity and strengthen their sense of belonging to the local landscape and to the Land of Israel. Beyond the educational aspect, going out into the field strengthens independence and teamwork among classmates. The program emphasizes development of the child's mental resilience and sense of self-efficacy, and gives them real tools for life.
Currently (2026), the program operates in a variety of schools across the country in an educational continuum starting in elementary school, through middle school and up to high school, with hundreds of students who have already discovered the biggest classroom in the world.
When children become ambassadors for water
What happens when we give children the power to make true change? They become leaders for change in their communities.
The Chugey Sayarot Rainwater Harvesting Program is much more than another water canister in the schoolyard. It's a practical educational initiative that teaches children in elementary schools about the importance of water to the environment and to life itself, as they experience hands-on how to make a difference.
The children learn how to collect, save and manage this precious natural resource. They become aware that every drop counts and more than that- they become teachers of the next generation. These are the children that explain to their parents, neighbors and friends how they too can save water. This is environmental education that extends beyond the limits of the classroom into the community.
And the results? Tens of thousands of liters of water are saved in every school every year. The water is recycled for toilets, gardening, and other purposes that do not require drinking-quality water. But more than that- we are raising a generation that understands that each and every person can be part of the solution to the water crisis in Israel.
צרו איתנו קשר: דניאל מלמוד, מנהל תוכנית מרחב טבעי
daniel.malamud@sayarut.org.il, 054-2610034
