 A youth village patterned after the Israeli model is now being established in Rwanda.Residential education is believed to have special value for the two major population targets of Youth Aliyah - immigrant youth and young people from deprived social groups.It creates a strong, influential environment that neutralizes the negative influence of an underprivileged neighborhood, promotes social integration, and provides a broad range of extracurricular activities that may not be available in the home setting.