OUR GOAL IS TO CLOSE THE GAP BEWTWEEN CHILDREN FROM DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, WHILE EMPOWERING COMMUNITY, PRIDE, AND COMMITMENT AND IDENTITY. OUR MISSION IS TO CLOSE GAPS AND OPEN HORIZONS IN ISRAELI SOCIETY BY GIVING OPPORTUNITIES OF ADVANCEMENT FOR THOSE YOUNGSTERS WHO DO NOT HAVE IT, OFTEN DUE TO THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IN THEIR FAMILIES. THE IDEA OF CLOSING THE SOCIAL GAP IN ISRAEL IS A NATIONAL PRIORITY AND IS THE KEY GOAL FOR THE YCOI.