4GIRLS - Supporting and Growing Online
Emotional resilience for girls, peer to peer, on a protected network
An innovative program building emotional resilience by training teenage girls to give empowering peer-to-peer support for everyday struggles shared openly on a protected social network for girls.
The program aims to strengthen the emotional resilience of girls who have experienced distressing events, identify girls at risk and connect them to care in time, reduce the load on health and education resources through early detection and early response, and enrich community knowledge through a living insights document of the girls' authentic voice and workshops for care and education teams and parents.
The program combines in-person meetings (two hours each) with a digital arm, group and individual guidance by a psychologist, ongoing contact with municipalities, schools and youth coordinators, and a central theme of accumulated knowledge.
The program uses quantitative and qualitative measurement tools and milestone metrics. A pilot ran in Tel Aviv, Bat Yam and Rosh HaAyin, in part with girls from evacuated families.