Educational and Vocational Centers

Donate to educate the children of the West Bank and Gaza of Palestine. 

The Project

Project Summary: The Hope Foundation of Palestine will open (pending funding) educational and vocational centers in villages and refugee camps one village at a time and one refugee camp a time. 

Goals:

Provide support to all school children with their school work FREE of charge

Provide training for the unemployed or those interested in a new trade

Employment opportunities  

Challenge: More than 70% of the people in the West and Gaza are unable to hire private tutors for their children to help with their schoolwork. Similar statistics for students who drop out of school and do not get training for a specific career or a trade. It is even more dire situation during the last year of high school where every graduate must pass a state exam called Tawjeeheh to graduate from high school. Certain families will borrow money (about 5000 shikel ($1700)) to help hire a private tutor, the less fortunate are left behind and their children will drop out of school. 

Solution: We are in the process of identifying areas with the most impact. If space is available, then the cost is approximately $15,000 plus the salary of tutors (Cost of housing a vocational component to these centers is on-going)

If space is not available, the solution is more costly. Building an educational and Vocational center might go north of $50,000.

Sustainability

Annual salary of teachers for mathematics, physics, Arabic, and English. Minimum $12,000/yr. Instructors for the vocational component will be partially sustained by tuition from those who can afford it. 

Long-Term Impact:

Having an educational and vocational center in a community will:


Updates

Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiyyah, Al-Sawyeh & Ammoryah

The foundation is targeting the above three villages for its first educational and vocational center in Palestine. These villages have a total population of more than 12,000 Palestinians with more than 5,000 students in the K-12 system. Work with us to make this a reality. Work with us to expand these centers to refugee camps in the West bank and to the Gaza Strip. Little by Little