B055 Project Sheba

The Situation

Due to social and cultural gaps between rural Ethiopia and high tech Israel, many immigrants suffer from discrimination, low self-esteem and high unemployment. Children and youth are often caught in family crisis, resulting in the highest rate of youth dropout and delinquency in Israeli society. With assistance of finances and equipping educationally there are an increasing number of success stories.

Project Sheba in Israel, provides educational intervention to the next generation of Ethiopian Jews in order to break the poverty cycle and give hope and destiny for the future. This project focuses on providing educational intervention to children through tutoring in their homes. Ethiopian/Jewish tutors assist the children with academic subjects as well as serving as mentors and brothers/sisters. This enables children to be more successful at school and gives them a pathway to greater educational attainment and self-confidence. Up to 15 children from low income families are assisted each year.

The Objectives

• To train and equip the next generation of Ethiopian-Israeli Jews to become successfully integrated into Israeli society and functioning members of that society through education, mentoring, and strategic intervention.