What began 21 years ago as an apartment for training and life skills, has become a permanent home for people with IDD with the initiative of Shikmim Association and their parents. The building consists of 730 square meters, and is home to 18 tenants between the ages of 23 and 40, characterized by mild to moderate intellectual disabilities, who are independent and at a high functioning level. Located in the center of old Nes-Ziona, at the heart of the community, near many cultural centers and by this enabling the tenants optimal integration in the community-social sphere

The Shalem Fund grants construction and equipment for frameworks in the community