YNet today gives us the heartwarming story:

Sometimes the ingenuity of one person is enough to carry over an entire community. Meet community policeman Shuki Der’i (44) who has been running an original project in the Jerusalem haredi neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo: he has started a group for teenage boys dealing with different disabilities including Down’s Syndrome, autism, and other communication problems, and meets with them once a week to help connect them to their community.

While he is at it, Der’i, a qualified fitness instructor, gives them a fitness lesson and asks them to tell him about the good deeds they have done...

The first days the secular Der’i spent in the neighborhood were accompanied with trying to feel out the haredi population, he recalls. “When I just started my post here there was a wave of break-ins on Friday nights, when the residents were at Shabbat services,” he describes.

“Every Sunday I would file the complaints and listen to the testimonies. My heart broke at all the loss of possessions. I met with the neighborhood rabbis and they permitted me to work on Shabbat eve, and we were able to reach a state of no break-ins. I was also trained in negotiations and mediations, which is a privilege not all policemen have.”

And his young charges? “Everything they do moves me,” Der’i announces. “I also stay in constant contact with their parents, who report their progress. The boys tell them what happens in the meetings as well.” He explains that working with ‘regular’ children is not a real challenge for him. “Working with them is very special, and it gives me much joy and satisfaction.”

Currently, he is rehearsing a play with the members of the group, which will be performed in front of their parents, and will be dedicated to their mothers. Recently, the proud instructor escorted the boys on an outing to the Western Wall.