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Tene Briut
Israel's only community-health NGO focused on Ethiopian-Israelis — health navigators, medical translation, and disease prevention.
HealthFounded 1999 · Headquarters: Rehovot
About
Tene Briut is an NGO dedicated to advancing the health of the Ethiopian-Israeli community. It runs Israel's only Cultural Health Navigators team at this scale — Amharic/Tigrinya-speaking professionals operating across nearly every HMO, hospital, and community-health basket in the country.
Main programs
- Cultural Health Navigators — patient accompaniment in HMOs and hospitals, cultural-linguistic mediation
- Medical translation service — real-time Amharic/Tigrinya/Hebrew at appointments and complex procedures
- Chronic disease prevention — diabetes, hypertension, obesity — community-level early detection
- Mental health — community counseling, training for helping professions
- Women's health — fertility, pregnancy, family-violence prevention
Who is it for?
- Any Ethiopian-Israeli (including 2nd and 3rd generations) needing health navigation
- Family members accompanying a patient
- Healthcare professionals needing cultural mediation
How to reach out
- Website: tene-briut.org.il
- Email: info@tene-briut.org.il
- Active branches: Rehovot (HQ), Jerusalem, Netanya, Rishon LeZion, Beersheba, Haifa
- First consultation is free; navigation is free for eligible community members
See also
- Chronic disease prevention — Right operated in partnership
- Medical translation services — Right
- Glossary: Tene Briut — broader context
- JDC-Ashalim — major funding partner
Rights operated
Related terms
Related organizations
- ENP — Ethiopian National ProjectPartnership framework between the government, JDC, Jewish Agency, and federations — running education, youth, and excellence programs.
- JDC-Israel AshalimJDC-Israel's Ashalim division. Runs intervention programs and government partnerships for marginalized communities, including Ethiopian-Israelis.
