THE WHO:
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The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality founded Mesila in 1999 in order to grant social, educational and health assistance to the tens of thousands of refugees who concentrate in and around the city. Located in the heart of the Neve Sha'anan Quarter (near the Central Bus Station), where many of the migrant workers and refugees have settled, Mesila tackles the three sectors of humanitarian aid:
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The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality founded Mesila in 1999 in order to grant social, educational and health assistance to the tens of thousands of refugees who concentrate in and around the city. Located in the heart of the Neve Sha'anan Quarter (near the Central Bus Station), where many of the migrant workers and refugees have settled, Mesila tackles the three sectors of humanitarian aid:
Mesila was founded by, and acts upon, the following basic premises:
- Every person has the universal right to services for basic needs.
- The fact that there is a significant migrant workers community in the city has become a permanent fact.
- The migrant workers community has an intrinsic effect on the development of the city