The Federation’s Israel/World Jewry Bureau (IWJB) has funded one of Israel’s most successful youth programs—the Ethiopian National Project’s (ENP) SPACE (School Performance and Community Empowerment) program.
Sadly, a large percentage of the Israeli Ethiopian community lives below the poverty line. SPACE helps with academics by providing after school tutoring to small groups of middle school students. The program also works to strengthen self-esteem and develop leadership skills to help with integration into Israeli society. This year ENP reported: “The results are in and SPACE is better than ever! An astronomical 82% of SPACE participants are reaching matriculation (Israel’s high school graduation exam), versus the 71% of other students. SPACE is making an incredible difference and the results are hard to refute.” The Foundation is proud to make a major grant each year to IWJB to support great programs like SPACE.
ENP Director Roni Akele is coming to Birmingham on May 29th at noon, LJCC Senior Lounge, to talk about the great work of ENP. To RSVP contact Florinan@bjf.org
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