education
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
' HILA' השלמת יסוד ולימודי השכלה
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.
English for Schools
- Helping students with Oral Bagrut exams in English
- Tutoring students referred by the municipal services
- Assisting in English classes in local schools
ESRA's 'English for Schools' program matches English speaking volunteers with school pupils from Grades 4 to 12 in order to improve their English.
Some of the programs require trained experienced teachers, and some require no teaching background at all, just the ability to speak your native English language.
Location:
In schools throughout Israel
Contact Name:
Gill Teicher
Telephone:
03 602 1008
Email:
gillit@zahav.net.il 
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