Kimama Galim

Where is the Camp Kimama Galim Located?
Camp Kimama Galim is in the Kfar-Galim youth village, located on the seashore, on the outskirts of Haifa, at the foot of the Carmel mountain ridge. Throughout the year, the Kfar Galim School serves hundreds of students from the Hof Ha-Carmel Regional Council. The village’s agricultural activities include a cowshed, a banana plantation, dog training facility, and a petting zoo.

Specialty Tracks
Here at Galim, we offer top of the line specialty tracks. Campers can choose from our Surfing track, Dog training track, and Kimama Chef track. To find out more about the tracks in detail please click on the specialty track tabs. Each camper must pick a track. Each track is held for a total of 20 hours throughout the 2 weeks.

Why Summer Camp?
Sleep-away summer camp is the ultimate experience for kids! Only at this camp environment, they can spend 24 hours with their favorite people (other kids from all over the world!), do the things they love best (sports, music, art, and fun), discover new things about themselves (independence, freedom, leadership), make new social connections, and most of all, be in a fun and safe environment, far from their parents, so that they have someone to miss at the end of it all!

Camp Facilities
Camp Kimama Galim offers a classic camp experience in perfect rooms, accommodate 3-5 campers. The rooms are furnished with indoor bathrooms and shower, closet, table and chairs. Moreover, we have Dining halls with kosher kitchen, Dance pavilion, Indoor pavilions and indoor gymnasium.

Campers Divided To Tribes By Age Groups
Cocoon – 1st– 3rd grade
Maya – 4th-5th grade
Avani – 6th grade
Inca – 7th grade
LIT- 8th grade and up

Camp Kimama Carmel is located in “Kfar-Galim” youth village, on the seashore, outskirts of Haifa, at the foot of the Carmel mountain ridge. Throughout the year the Kfar Galim school serves hundreds of students from “Hof Ha-Carmel” Regional Council. The village’s agricultural activities include a cowshed, a banana plantation, dog training facility, and a petting zoo.

The facilities offered to campers include, among others:
# Manicured lawns, recreational areas, shady spots for activities
# Brand-new dormitories with comfortable rooms (4-5 campers in each room with bathroom and shower)
# Brand-new, well-equipped dining hall
# Swimming pool
# Active regional radio station
# Huge theater hall
# Art and music rooms
# Dance studio
# Professional basketball court and soccer field
# Air-conditioned sports hall for basketball, aerobic, and martial arts
# Petting zoo
# Cowshed and dairy
# Active kennel with graduates of the IDF Oketz canine unit
# Surfing at the camp’s beach

Safety and security
When it comes to security and safety at Camp Kimama, there are no compromises! We give this issue top priority. Camp Kimama is located in a safe and protected area, far from urban centers, in a closed youth village with meticulous and orderly safety regulations.
The village is fenced, gated and, patrolled by professional security personnel who monitor all the pedestrians and vehicles entering and leaving the facility.
We are committed to complying with the safety regulations determined by the government of Israel, as they appear in the policy of the Ministry of Education. The ministry has the authority to determine the regulations pertaining to the security of educational institutions, and it lays down very clear and strict rules.

Food and diet
Kimam Carmel provide kosher food meals and stands al all health standards. The camp menu combines both the desires of the camper and the standards of the parents.
The dining room accommodate up to 300 people. It is clean, well equipped and meticulously maintained by an experienced and professional management team. The meals provided here are varied and healthy, combining food that children enjoy in a nutritious menu. A sink for handwashing is available at the entrance of the dining hall, where campers are required to freshen up before and after the meals

Water Coolers
Throughout the campus, there are plenty of water coolers. Maintaining proper hydration, good nutrition and sun protection is an integral part of camp activity.

Toilet Facilities
In each Camp Kimama room (3-5 campers) there is a shower and toilet. Separate toilet facilities for boys and girls are conveniently located throughout the facility. They are well maintained and hygienic, to ensure the comfort and well-being of the campers and staff.

1st-3rd grade graduates: Cocoon Tribe, Color:Blue
Cocoon tribe’s activities are all together, as one tribe – not divided into groups as in other tribes at the camp.
We believe that it is important that at all ages, the youngest in particular, personal attention is given. Therefore, this age group is guaranteed to have a ratio of one staff member for every four campers at most. The counselors of this age group are in attendance at all hours of the day – to help them with their chores such as tidying the rooms, personal hygiene (showers, brushing teeth, changing clothes, changing bedding and organizing washing) and to ensure that the campers are given the attention they need. In this manner we are able to create an integrated group, in which campers are given an opportunity to express themselves and their abilities and will feel they are being taken care of, just like at home…

4th-5th grade graduates: Maya Tribe, color: Red
Maya tribe is divided into groups: In each group there are between 10 and 15 campers and several staff members. There are both boys and girls in each group with separate rooming. The counselors of this age group are in attendance at all hours of the day – to help them with their chores such as tidying the rooms and personal hygiene and ensure that campers are given the attention they need. In this manner we are able to create an integrated group, in which campers are given an opportunity to express themselves, their abilities, and will feel they are being taken care of, just like at home…

6th grade graduates: Avani Tribe, Color: Green
Avani tribe is divided into groups of 10-15 campers with two counselors for each group. There are both boys and girls in each group with separate rooming. This age group makes up a third of the number of campers at Kimama summer camps; it is a large, excellent, integrated group!

7th&8th grade graduates: Inca Tribe, Color: Yellow
Two day trip to the Galilee.
During camp, Inca tribe from Kimama Carmel and Manco tribes from KImma Michmoret will go on a trip together to the Galilee for two days. They will participate in a variety of activities such as rafting, Zip line into the water of the Jordan River, camping with a bonfire, and evening social and experiential activities etc.
Inca tribe is divided into groups of 10-15 campers with two counselors for each group. This age group makes up a third of the number of campers at Kimama summer camps; it is a large, excellent, integrated group!

9th grade graduates: LIT Tribe, Color: White
Leaders in Training- Educational program – Leadership
New trip for LIT tribe in Kimama – An exciting unforgettable trip to Zetfat!
Kimama is an extraordinary opportunity to have new experiences, and to get to know, and live with other teenagers from all over the world. Two weeks, far from home, without Facebook or iPhones, strong ties are made between the Israeli campers and those who come from abroad; connections that your teens will have for many years to come. This age group at Camp Kimama enjoys their last year of campers activities as they will subsequently attend the counselor course – they get to be the elders of camp this year.
This age group is called LIT – Leaders in Training, and the program prepares them to be leaders; leaders at camp, leaders in their communities. This program offers many activities and discussions on the topic of leadership in the Jewish community and in Israel, leaders in the world, what leadership is, and how it may be used as a positive influence on society, contributing and giving, etc.
In the framework of this program, the campers assist the counselors of the younger age groups, organize events at camp, and serve as role models in all that they do.
So How does it work? 
The LIT campers are not divided into groups, but live at camp as a single, multi-cultural integrated group. They have four staff members who are responsible for their educational and experiential activities, and together they lead the camp. After concluding the LIT summer in Kimama, campers will be entitled to participate in the CIT program, which prepares them to be counselors at Kimama.

*Kimama reserves its right to alter camp’s age groups acording to the amount of campers in each age group*