Lotan's Way – Making the Dream a Reality Work Plan 2010-1011

1. National Center of Desert Challenges for Youth at Risk, The Lieutenant Lotan Slevin Memorial Project Lotan's Way – Making the Dream a Reality Work Plan 2010-1011

2. Lotan's Way, registration no.580510980, is a non-profit organization established in 2009 by the Slevin family and friends in the Arava to honor the memory of Lotan Slevin, who was killed in battle in the Second Lebanon War. It operates with the support and sponsorship of the ELEM organization for youth in distress in Israel. Goals of Lotan's Way: • To create, advance and implement therapeutic desert workshops for youth at risk • To build a permanent home in the Arava to serve as a national center of desert challenges for youth at risk in Israel • To honor the memory of Lieutenant Lotan Slevin by activities and support for the rehabilitation of youth in distress • To train guides and leaders for field activities with youth at risk • To serve as a base for research and the propagation of professional and practical knowledge for the treatment of youth at risk • To serve as a base for the evaluation of youth at risk

3. Therapeutic intervention in field conditions – outlook and principles: • "At the heart of every obstacle is an opportunity,"Albert Einstein - the creation of difficult and challenging conditions can be an impetus for triumph • People who face challenges that differ from those they encounter in their everyday routine experience significant personal development • Some things cannot be taught, but only learnt • The very great importance of self-discovery – broadening self-identity and areas of experience • Strengthening the individual's ability to assess his or her own capabilities and preferences; creating connections with and concern for others

4. Therapeutic intervention in field conditions – therapeutic goals: • Developing attention to and interest in others • Developing mutual dependence between participants • Reinforcing self-control • Developing a sense of responsibility toward self and others • Improving self-image • Spiritual strengthening and empowerment • Learning the value of cooperation with others

5. Summary of Activities 2008-2009: Pilot • Field Activities: • 15 groups, approximately 200 young men and women, participated in 50 days of trips in the desert • Models of field work • Survival Hike in extreme conditions – 1group • IDF (Israel Defense Force) Model: one-on-one connections with soldiers in an Army Unit – 5 groups • Desert Treks: instilling "on the ground" skills to empower participants, develop leadership and responsibility, and build ties to the country – 9 groups • Training and Enrichment: • The Desert Challenge Conference took place at Moshav Hazeva on 11-12.2.2009, with the participation of some180 professionals from the wilderness therapy and other therapeutic fields. • Round Table: • We founded a professional forum for steering and advancing wilderness therapy for at-risk youth, with the participation of: Elem, the Ministry of Education, Metzila, Etgarim, the Israeli Scouts Movement, Aharai!, Nirim, Adam Bishetah, Amutat Enav.

6. Summary of the Association's Activities 2009-2010 • Field Activities: • 30 groups, approximately 540 young men and women, participated in 85 days of trips in the desert • Models of field work • Survival Hike in extreme conditions – 4 groups • IDF (Israel Defense Force) Model: one-on-one connections with soldiers in an Army Unit – 8 groups • Desert Treks: instilling "on the ground" skills to empower participants, develop leadership and responsibility, and build ties to the country – 18 groups • Training and Enrichment: • The second Desert Challenge Conference took place at Moshav Hazeva on 10-11.2.2010, with the participation of some 110 professionals from wilderness therapy and other therapeutic fields. • Round Table: • The forum for steering and advancing wilderness therapy for at-risk youth met four times. Progress in Establishing the Base Camp Facility at Givat Hazeva: We are in the process of receiving the land from the Israel Land Administration, at the same time as we are developing operative work plans and designing activities to raise funds.

7. General Objectives for 2010-2011 • To widen the scope of activities with an emphasis on professionalism • To increase the number of days in the field for returning groups • To create new connections between the army units and to organize a joint trip based on the army model • To increase the number of "survival" trips in extreme conditions • To establish a permanent and professional staff • To absorb a group who will do a gap-year's service before the army in the framework of Lotan's Way, in cooperation with the Israel Scouts Movement • To organize the third Desert Challenge Conference with emphasis on activities in extreme field conditions, in cooperation with the Elem organization • To start building and advancing the base camp in Givat Hazeva • To fill two full-time staff positions • To establish a temporary center at Moshav Hazeva: office, storeroom, and living quarters for the Lotan's Way group doing its gap-year service

8. Objectives for 2010-2011: Activities

9. Objectives for 2010-2011: Human Resources and Administration

11. Work Plan (continued)

12. Planned Income

13. Please see this presentation as a personal invitation to take part in our project. Lotan's Way invites you to join us in the creation of meaningful change in the lives of youth at risk - and in a wider sense, perhaps to influence the future of Israeli society. www.lotan-way.com Contact us: Gil Slevin: 972 -52-366 5998 Iris Slevin: 972-52-276 2856 Tete Degani, CEO: 972-50-524 4204 info@lotan-way.com Address: POB 3, Moshav Hazeva, Israel Donations: Account No. 571004, Bank Otsar Hahayal, Sapir branch 363, Beersheva, Israel