“The Atidim in Industry Program is a gift. I am now studying for my degree in engineering at the Technion while interning at one of the best companies in Israel – Iscar Metalworking. It’s truly a win-win situation.”

Nimi Elkayam, 29, grew up in Kiryat Ata, near Haifa. All of his life he’s tried to balance the ambition to get a college education and move ahead, with the need to work to help out his family. As the second of four children, and the oldest boy, he was given special permission from the army to work after his father disappeared from their lives. More