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WELCOMING A NEW TRAINER TO THE TEAM
27 March, 2023
In order to meet the growing demand for our dogs and reduce the wait time on our waiting list, we have been focusing on increasing our capacity. One major [...]
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UK-ISRAEL ‘PUPPY EXCHANGE’ PROGRAMME
24 March, 2023
Say Shalom to Gus who recently made Aliyah from the UK! Gus is the latest recruit through our exchange programme with Guide Dogs UK. As we are the only [...]
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STARTING 2023 WITH A WOOF
9 January, 2023
Last week we opened our first on-campus course for the year – six blind clients will spend three weeks on campus with their newly-matched guide dogs, learning to work [...]
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ENSURING EXCELLENCE
4 October, 2022
We are very proud to be the only Guide Dog School in the Middle East that is a member of the International Guide Dog Federation (IGDF). We are equally [...]
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LOBBYING THE KNESSET
3 October, 2022
During the year, we worked intensively in order to secure the passing of laws that would benefitour graduates. In addition to Lihi Lapid, we hosted the Minister of Education, [...]
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2,000 PUPPIES THAT GIVE NOTHING BUT LOVE
22 September, 2022
On 15th August we marked the birth of Israel Guide Dog Centre’s 2,000th puppy named Bubble! This cute puppy has no idea that she will one day become a superhero. Thanks [...]
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ISRAEL’S ‘FIRST LADY’ LIHI LAPID VISITS THE CENTRE
21 September, 2022
The Centre was delighted to host a visit from Lihi Lapid, bestselling author and wife of Israel’s PM Yair Lapid. She met the team, watched our trainers in action, [...]
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ELIYA PROJECT: HELPING BLIND CHILDREN MAKE THEIR FIRST STEPS WITH GUIDE DOGS
27 June, 2022
One of our ‘pet’ projects at the Israel Guide Dog Centre is our work with pre-school children with vision impairments at Eliya day care centres. Eliya operates six rehabilitation [...]
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OUR FIRST EVER SUPPER QUIZ RAISES £6,000
23 June, 2022
A few weeks ago we held our very first Supper Quiz, with 140 guests competing fiercely to answer a huge variety of questions from literary dogs to world travels, [...]
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