UPDATE!!

Hi everyone,
I know it has been a while since last updating the blog - since Kaveret has started, it is proving much harder to update as both kvutsot and individual tzvatim often have very different days.
I will try to give a brief overview of activities, and hopefully, some of the workshoppers themselves will begin to 'guest blog' and share some of their experiences with you [hint hint to all workshoppers].
The Carmiel kvutsa are living in a large house together, and are split into a number of messima tzvatim - Carmiel, Tsfat, Tiberias, Kiyum Meshutaf. The Acco kvutsa are living into 2 houses, a short 3 minute walk between them, and are split into the tzvatim -Acco, Hadar (Haifa), Kiyum Meshutaf, and Kabul.
All of the tzvatim work with different schools (of different ages) and different after-school educational frameworks such as youth movement kenim or after-school clubs. They work various sectors of the community - some Arab Israeli, some Israeli, and within that some large immigrant populations. Their days vary, with some workshoppers needing to travel quite far (roughly an hour each way) to get to their messima. Most tzvatim are in the schools between 2-2.5 days a week, with extra time set aside each week for the Yom Tzevet - planning future activities and learning together as a tzevet.
Aside from messima, the workshoppers also are studying 2 courses altogether - Israeli History & Society; and Judaism. These take place alternatively on Thursday mornings. On Sunday evenings, each kvutsa has Hebrew Ulpan, they are split into 3 learning levels, and the focus is more informal - giving them extra tools and skills in order to integrate into their messimot and their lives in Israel.
Mondays and Thursday afternoons are kvutsa days - the madrichim come and run peulot, or sometimes the workshoppers run peulot for themselves too. Some Thursdays have siyurim (excursions) and there also seminars held throughout Kaveret - next week is the first, and the topic is Israeli Society and Economics, which includes a walking tour throughout Tel Aviv.
If you have any questions at anytime - please be in touch via email to either myself or Michael Kanter. Next posting, I hope to bring some more in-depth stories from specific tzvatim.
Shabbat Shalom