Biographies
Biography is the life story of a person, of a settlement, of a group of people with a common denominator
A biography directed and written by the chief of the tribe has a twofold purpose:
One, to allow the reader to understand, to witness, to discover the person about whom the life story was written. Relatives will also discover new things in it, acquaintances will also meet themselves in it, children will see a person as more than a 'parent'.
Second, the hero of the biography will have the opportunity to process what he has been through in the journey of life, will understand more about his actions and motives, will meet himself again from other points of view and will refine his wisdom of life, which is unique only to him.
A settlement biography comes to tell the history of a place through the eyes of the people who founded it.
A biography of a group comes to give another identity, a trap, to the group of people
*Biography services are provided in Hebrew and English
The overarching goal of a biography according to the tribal chief
It is not to perpetuate a memory that will be preserved for generations -
but for a valuable and satisfying souvenir for a person - still in his life
Hello, my name is Yifat Santo and I am the entrepreneur of Chief Story.
In my education I am a materials engineer (B.Sc) and a facilitator of groups in combination of arts (MA). Today I am a social entrepreneur, a writer of children's stories, a leader of groups for the third and fourth ages, writing biographies and setting up projects to strengthen the Bindori relationship.
My story is the story of the transition from a technological world to a social one, a story of learning that comes from personal experience, a story that believes that stories can change lives.
One of the stories that changed my life is my own. Somewhere in 2018, as a mother of 3, I arrived at the kindergarten in the middle of the day one of the times, in order to bring objects and equipment. While I was at the kindergarten, I noticed a volunteer grandmother, who was there as part of the 'Grandmother in the Kindergarten' project, this is a project where grandparents read stories to children, teach them about being careful on the roads and give them a hug or a warm shoulder when needed. I watched her as she comforted a little girl who missed her parents. The grandmother was attentive and patient, did not rush to comfort, but naturally began to tell that girl that she, as a child, had a hard time saying goodbye to her parents when she went to school. I looked at the girl. Here is not another adult telling her "it will be alright" or "mom will come back" but someone who understood her experience, who experienced firsthand what she was feeling. She listened to the grandmother with curiosity and even wonder as if thinking: "You? You're big, how can it be that you experienced the same thing?"
The personal story that grandmother told her is the one that made all the difference for that little girl. He is the one who gave her an affirmation to her experience, and taught her how to cope. On the other side - I saw the grandmother's beaming and full eyes after she finished her story and the girl slowly got up, moved away and sat down in the meeting with the kindergartener together with all the children. The grandmother herself was almost as excited as the girl. As if saying: I succeeded. And what have I done? Naturally, I shared my personal experience with her.
The grandfathers and grandmothers among us have the patience, the intelligence and the wisdom that can change the lives of small children, just like the clan elder in traditional societies, whose role was to instill knowledge and life wisdom to the tribe's youth.
This grandmother, Deborah, is the heroine of the first children's story written as part of the "Chief Story" children's stories: 'Olympia'. Since then, more grandparents were gathered, and inspired by their lives, more stories were written with a message and life wisdom, which were told to dozens of children. The stories help the children's character to be shaped as little people who begin to learn about themselves and the life around them, and on the other hand give the elderly a sense of value, vitality, satisfaction and belonging even in adulthood.