Project: “Every Child Deserves to Start the School Year Respectfully”- supplying school bags for disadvantaged Palestinian children in Haifa.
Founded: 2001
Location: The city of Haifa
The Committee works to advance the Arab education in Haifa. As a result of an ongoing discrimination and disregard at both the state and Municipality levels, more than 60 percent off Arab children are living in poverty in Israel; moreover 50% of Arab children in the city of Haifa are poverty-stricken. The children’s poor conditions drastically affect their schooling, their inability to afford basic school supplies prevent them from fully participating in school and suffer from the stigma of being different than other well-to-do students. This project was initiated in 2006 and the Jerusalem Fund has given to this project in previous years. This year is no different. A Jerusalem Fund grant supplied 200 Palestinian pupils were given an equal starting point for this school year, providing school bags, uniforms and other basic accessories.
