Yaron Waksman
Founder and CEO at HaGal Sheli- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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HaGal Sheli
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Israel
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder and CEO
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Sep 2012 - Present
We launched HaGal Sheli four years ago because we believe that anyone can succeed to ride the wave and overcome life challenges. From dream to reality – In 2012 Omer and Yaron conducted a year-long pilot program with weekly practical and educational sessions for 10 teens. After seeing the impact on the teens they realized that HaGal Sheli is their life passion! They quit other jobs and took out loans to pay for surfboards, wet-suits and insurance. Since then HaGal Sheli has grown rapidly and currently works in 35 groups with 32 instructors and over 350 teens in 4 educational surfing centers in Bat Yam, Tel Aviv, Mevo’ot Yam and Kfar Galim. HaGal Sheli Helping disadvantaged teens catch a wave to a better life. HaGal Sheli (NGO) uses surfing as a vehicle for personal development and advancement. When a surfer falls from the board, he or she must immediately get up and try again. We encourage our participants to see their everyday challenges in this very same way. The surfing programs we provide are designed to foster self-empowerment. The message is to never give up, to power through, and by doing so to ultimately succeed, both in the water and out in the real world. Through our unique programs participants learn about the ocean and surfing, but most of all about themselves. The Mediterranean Sea is our classroom for empowering teens and providing a powerful experience which influences every sphere of their lives. In our programs we work closely with the teens’ school staff and other social workers at the Youth Development Center. Program graduates of HaGal Sheli are always welcome at our surfing centers. They can come anytime to grab a board and wet-suit to surf free of charge. HaGal Sheli’s centers have become a second home for many of these teens. Graduates who show exceptional effort and desire to succeed also have the opportunity to receive a certificate from the Wingate Institute certifying them as “Assistant Instructors”. Show less
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Educational coordinator
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2010 - 2012
As part of this role I served as a coordinator of "Bnei Ha'Moshavim" youth movement in the Kibbutz, coordinator of the youth company (ninth grade to twelfth grade), and instructor of "Arava" (fifth grade to eighth grade). Instructions, trips and projects, events, rhapsody sail, and more. As part of this role I served as a coordinator of "Bnei Ha'Moshavim" youth movement in the Kibbutz, coordinator of the youth company (ninth grade to twelfth grade), and instructor of "Arava" (fifth grade to eighth grade). Instructions, trips and projects, events, rhapsody sail, and more.
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Head of Young Diplomats program
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2010 - 2011
This program includes 45 teens (tenth grade to twelfth grade) in a format of a youth movement, with an emphasis on international relations, Israeli society, and diplomacy. As part of the program, the students go on a delegation to Germany and to USA, and also host in Israel. This program includes 45 teens (tenth grade to twelfth grade) in a format of a youth movement, with an emphasis on international relations, Israeli society, and diplomacy. As part of the program, the students go on a delegation to Germany and to USA, and also host in Israel.
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Head instructors' coordinator in surfing course
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2009 - 2010
Including five instructors and 80 students. Including five instructors and 80 students.
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Establisher and Yoth Guide of "Hag'iraf"- Youth Center (voluntary)
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2008 - 2009
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Surfing Instructor
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2008 - 2009
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Social Education coordinator
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2008 - 2009
instructions, social classes, projects, trips, ceremonies, seminars, etc. instructions, social classes, projects, trips, ceremonies, seminars, etc.
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Education
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Tel Aviv University
Master of Arts (M.A.), Management Education -
Ocean-LifeGuards school- moti levy
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Tel Aviv school of LifeGuards
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The Zinman College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the Wingate Institute
Surf Instructor course -
Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), democratic education, History and literature -
Makif H', Rishon Le Zion