Education/Empowerment
Netanya Youth Center
Description of the Project :
Creating a warm environment to assist teenage classroom dropouts to remain in a supportive educational framework and to return to their school environment.
How the Project Works :
- The center is a temporary alternative framework that operates five days a week from 9:30 to 16:00
- It provides educational, emotional and social support through a learning center, recreational and enrichment activities (art, psychodrama, therapy with animals, camping, etc.) , individual therapy, a hot lunch and more.
- The length of stay in a temporary center varies according to individual needs and can range between one month and a maximum of one year.
- At the end of stay in the Center the staff will recommend and arrange a program to continue supporting these teenagers in an educational institution tailored to the needs and abilities of each child.
About the Participants :
The Center absorbs up to 15 boys and girls who have dropped out of the framework of normative school education.
They are referred by various sources in the community - the youth probation service, Welfare Division, Department of Youth Advancement, the truancy department, mental health clinic etc.
The Partners :
Netanya Municipality:Youth-at-Risk Department and Education Department
ESRA
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Additional Information :
ESRA provides the funds for the Special Education teacher to assist the youth academically, together with volunteers to help the youth on a one-on-one basis.
Since the beginning of the year (September 2011) till Chanukah 2011, 15 youth have been attending the center.
Four of whom have just ended their stay (two returned to schools in the city, and two have gone on to a boarding school). This means that more teenagers can now be absorbed.
The Costs :
NIS 50,000 per year
or NIS 4,000 per month
or NIS 1,000 per week
Follow this link to make your donation. Thank you.
A supportive educational framework to assist teenage classroom dropouts to return to their school environment.
A Special Education teacher costs: NIS 50,000 per year
or NIS 4,000 per month
or NIS 1,000 per week
Whatever amount you can donate will help. Follow this link to make your donation. Thank you.
Neve ESRA After School care centre
Description of the Project :
Neve - “Oasis”, an aptly descriptive term for an afternoon care center for a group of 15 high-risk children in the city, who need to be kept out of the home but not entirely away from the family hearth.
How the Project Works :
Neve ESRA is open 11½ months a year, 5 days a week from 1pm-6pm.
Children receive a hot, nutritious meal at midday, alongside schoolwork assistance, remedial teaching and afternoon enrichment programs. The underlying aim of Neve ESRA, which has a permanent staff of 3 adults, is to protect these children from potential and irreversible harm by providing them with a warm, secure and supportive environment.
About the Participants :
15 children, aged between 9-11 years, hand-picked by a professional committee due to difficult conditions at home affecting his/her emotional and physical well-being.
The Partners :
The Social Services Department of the Modi’in Municipality, in close cooperation with the education authorities.
Additional Information :
ESRA Modi’in is indebted to the Galinson Advised Fund for their generous donation which enables a facilitator for the parent’s support group, evaluations and remedial teaching for all the children, furnishings in the Therapy Room, a new computer and a range of other items.ESRA Modi’in sponsors ongoing needs such as enrichment programs, household items and gifts for the children. ESRA Modi’in initiated an English enrichment program where three professional English teacher volunteers regularly assist children with their English homework and promote spoken English through games and other activities.
The Costs :
Midday meals, facilitator for parent support group, professional evaluations, remedial teaching, special ed teachers, transportation, enrichment activities, outings.
Ethiopian Embroidery Project
Description of the Project :
Beautiful, ethnic embroidery by skilled craftsmen and women done right in their homes - enabling them to supplement their income while caring for their families.
How the Project Works :
Fifty women and men using their talent, rich history and traditional patterns, embroider:
- mezzuzot and kippot
- hamsot and pictures for framing
- bags and spectacle cases
- challah and matzah covers,
- ark curtains and other items.
The project is organized and run by volunteers who also market the goods in Israel and abroad.
Ethiopian participants in the ESRA Netanya Sewing Centers are employed to sew the articles together.
See their website www.gondart.co.il
About the Participants :
Groups meet in Kfar Saba, Netanya, Rehovot, Rosh Ha'ayin and Yavneh.
The Partners :
ESRA and volunteer sewers
Additional Information :
Ethiopian embroidered goods and other manufactured items using the design motifs are available for sale.
Contact our Gan Rashal office for more details
The Costs :
Professional staff, payment to embroiderers, materials, equipment and administration. 
Dance Centre for Excellence
Description of the Project :
Discovers the talent in these wonderful Ethiopian children, encourages excellence in the arts and helps develop personal and community self-confidence, self-esteem and pride.
How the Project Works :
Two dance troupes who learn traditional ethnic Ethiopian dances led by a dance teacher who specializes in ethnic Ethiopian dance and culture. The two groups join together to practice and are invited to perform at many venues throughout the country.
About the Participants :
40 girls between the ages of 10 and 14
The Partners :
- Hefzibah Community Center
- Neot Shaked Community Center
Additional Information :
Started in January 2009.
The Costs :
Transport, Shows, Costumes, Professional Staff, Equipment and Administration.
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Neighborhood Computer Centers
Description of the Project :
Innovative teaching of computer skills to underprivileged children, youth and adults
How the Project Works :
Courses are given in basic computer skills, math, science, English, computer literacy through games; use of the Internet; digital photography.
About the Participants :
40 children and teenagers from the ages of pre-school to matriculation get lessons in basic computer skills, maths, english and some advanced skills through games, internet and special courses.20 Ethiopian adults are given basic computer skills, internet use and facebook to enable them to keep abreast of their hcildren and grandchildren. This has enabled a really important conection between the older parents and grandparents and their children.
The Partners :
Neot Shaked Community CenterHefzibah, Neot Ganim, Netanya Community Center
Additional Information :
Neot Shaked, NetanyaHefzibah, Netanya
The Costs :
Professional staff, equipment, maintenance and administration. 
Tags: Education/Empowerment
Programmes of Excellence at The Ruppin Institute of Marine Science
Description of the Project :
Encouraging talented underprivileged teenagers to fulfill their potential by providing them with a challenging program of enrichment.and leadership training. Two programs are now running since September 2011. One concentrated on motivated Ethiopian teenagers which is in it's fourth year and the newest one for motivated teenagers of all backgrounds from the underprivielged areas of Netanya.
How the Project Works :
"The teenagers are given courses in biology, chemistry, computer skills, marine science and ecology once a week for 3 hours. They are colelcted form school and given lunch on the way. About the Participants :
8th & 9th grade Ethiopian children from South Netanya are taken to the Ruppin Marine Science Institute in Mevuoth Yam, Mikhmoret
7th grade underprivileged children of all ages have started a new course this year at the Ruppin Marine Science Institute.
7th grade underprivileged children of all ages have started a new course this year at the Ruppin Marine Science Institute.
The Partners :
Private Donors
Additional Information :
ESRA provides these two groups with a 3 year course which gives them not only academic advancement, but also leadership and life skills.
The Costs :
Transport, Professional Staff, Food, Equipment and Administration. 
Programme of Excellence at The Weizmann Institute
Description of the Project :
Encouraging talented elementary school children to fulfill their potential by providing them with a challenging program of enrichment and leadership training.
How the Project Works :
4th to 6th grade children from the Yavne area are taken to the Weizmann Institute
About the Participants :
4th to 6th grade children from the Yavne area
The Partners :
ESRA
Additional Information :
gifted children in future leadership skills
The Costs :
Transport, Professional Staff, Equipment and Administration Right Track Centers for Youth
Description of the Project :
Right Track Centers provide a 'home away from home' for teenagers at risk.
4 centers provide afternoon social activities and help with homework, for children aged 13 - 17.
ESRA pays for 11 teachers who give supplementary lessons.
4 centers provide afternoon social activities and help with homework, for children aged 13 - 17.
ESRA pays for 11 teachers who give supplementary lessons.
How the Project Works :
The centers operate from Sunday to Thursday 17:00 - 20:00 throughout the year, staffed by professional teachers and youth workers, and aided by ESRA volunteers.
Tuition is provided in Hebrew, English, Mathematics, Bible & History to ensure that each youngster will attain the best test results possible, right through to matriculation level.
In addition, preparation for the army, counseling, drama and computer activities are given. There are also films and lectures on a variety of topics.
Tuition is provided in Hebrew, English, Mathematics, Bible & History to ensure that each youngster will attain the best test results possible, right through to matriculation level.
In addition, preparation for the army, counseling, drama and computer activities are given. There are also films and lectures on a variety of topics.
About the Participants :
A total of 120 participants from the Netanya neighborhoods of Kiryat Nordau, Neot Shaked, Neot Herzl & Neot Ganim (including Hefzibah).
The Partners :
The Municipality of Netanya - The Department of Youth AdvancementThe Hefzibah Community Center
ESRA
Additional Information :
ESRA also helps financially with outings, trips and snacks for the youngsters from time to time.Donations of TV’s, DIVX (DVD) players, computers and monitors are welcome.
The Costs :
11 professional teachers, on a daily basis throughout the year: NIS 170,000Summer trip for the participants: NIS 3,000
Snacks: NIS 2,000
This is ESRA's Project of the Month for February 2011
Please follow the link to donate to this project - Thank you.
'Bayit Cham' Clubhouses for Girls
Description of the Project :
Two clubhouses in Netanya and Herzliya creating a 'home away from home' in the afternoons for 13-17 year old girls at risk, offering a safe, warm environment of social and counselling activities.
How the Project Works :
NETANYA: The center operates daily Sunday to Thursday from 14:00 – 18:00 throughout the year, staffed by professional social workers.
Counseling, drama, games and activities are given. There are also films and lectures on a variety of topics, the girls have a television and computers in the center.
HERZLIYA: The center operates twice a week from 13:00 – 18:00 throughout the year, staffed by professional social workers.
The house mother cooks meals on the premises so that the girls enter into the welcoming aroma of fresh cooking and baking.
Counseling, drama, games and activities are given. There are also films and lectures on a variety of topics, the girls have a television and computers in the center, as well as a lovely 'beauty center' filled with cosmetics, nail varnish, etc.
Counseling, drama, games and activities are given. There are also films and lectures on a variety of topics, the girls have a television and computers in the center.
HERZLIYA: The center operates twice a week from 13:00 – 18:00 throughout the year, staffed by professional social workers.
The house mother cooks meals on the premises so that the girls enter into the welcoming aroma of fresh cooking and baking.
Counseling, drama, games and activities are given. There are also films and lectures on a variety of topics, the girls have a television and computers in the center, as well as a lovely 'beauty center' filled with cosmetics, nail varnish, etc.
About the Participants :
NETANYA: 30 teenage girls, mainly Ethiopian, some from the FSU.
HERZLIYA: 15 teenage girls from distressed circumstances.
HERZLIYA: 15 teenage girls from distressed circumstances.
The Partners :
The Municipality of Netanya - Welfare Department of Girls at RiskThe Municipality of Herzliya - Welfare Department of Girls at Risk
Additional Information :
NETANYA: The clubhouse is in the Nordau area - where ESRA has started another Students Build a Neighborhood Project in October 2011.HERZLIYA: The clubhouse is in the Yad Hatisha’a area, where ESRA also manages a 'Students Build a Neighbourhood Project' since 2010.
The Costs :
Professional Staff, Equipment, Meals and Administration.NIS 100 pays for 8 meals for one week.
NIS 500 pays for art therapy for 1 girl for 3 months.
NIS 1000 supports an activity for all the girls for a month.
Two clubhouses in Netanya and Herzliya offering a 'home away from home' for teenage girls at risk - a safe, warm environment of social and counselling activities.
Sewing Courses for Immigrants
Description of the Project :
4 centers provide sewing courses for adult Ethiopian men and women providing skills, social centers and work!
How the Project Works :
ESRA supplies sewing machines, fabric and pays for instruction by a qualified teacher. Volunteers assist in teaching, maintaining the machines, collecting material and getting donations of sewing machines. Opened in 1996. All material, accessories and machines are donated. Serves also as a social activity for the groups.These unemployed adults are taught the skills to make and repair clothing. They are given sewing machines to take home, enabling them to sew for profit. Several of them sew the Embroidery products sold by ESRA.
About the Participants :
Instruction and practice in groups of 10-14 adults (some of whom are physically handicapped) once or twice weekly.
Total number of participants: 70-80 adults in the 40 - 70 age bracket.
Total number of participants: 70-80 adults in the 40 - 70 age bracket.
The Partners :
Neot Shaked Community CenterHefzibah Community Center
Youth Advancement Dept of Netanya Municipality
Kfar Saba Ethiopian Community Center
Additional Information :
Netanya: Twice weekly in Neot Shaked and Neot GanimOnce weekly in Kiryat Nordau.
Once weekly in Kfar Saba
The participatns are also given an annual day trip to places of interest in Israel.
The Costs :
Professional Staff, Equipment and Administration.NIS 100 provides 2 pairs of scissors
NIS 500 provides 6 months of thread and needles
NIS 1000 provides professional staff for 1 group for 1 month
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