A safe place to play. It’s what every child deserves.
For JNF’s 2022 Annual Campaign and Blue Box Rosh Hashanah, we raised funds to build protected playgrounds for at-risk children in the Negev. However, we can’t keep these kids safe, without your kindness and generosity.
For many children and their families in the Sha’ar HaNegev region, safety is a wish – not a reality. Over the last 15 years, they have lived in fear, as they live a life under fire.
In May 2021, the violence escalated, culminating in the worst attack yet – when a sophisticated Hamas missile struck a kindergarten.
Although the kindergarten was closed at the time, this incident highlighted the urgent need for safe play areas.

A classroom after an attack at Sha’ar HaNegev

A critical need. An immediate impact.
JNF is partnered with the Sha’ar HaNegev communities to build green and protected environments for 14 kindergartens across the region. Because safe play should be a right, not a luxury.
Similarly, the playgrounds will provide protection against unpredictable threats.

An attack can occur at any time, on any day
– without warning

Kindergarten is a place where children should be safe.

Help us build a place where kids can be kids

Your donation provided
- Fencing
- Playground equipment, such as slides, sandboxes, swings
- Grass
- Vegetable garden beds
- Shelters
While also helping these children:
- Stay safe
- Enjoy greater wellbeing
- Experience a sense of normality
- To have an emotional escape from the threats they endure
Together we are providing a brighter future for Israel’s Negev communities and realising
Ben Gurion’s vision