The Ethiopian community in Israel faces challenges at every turn: unemployment, language barriers, cultural gaps, and most of all education that does not meet their needs. About 72% of Ethiopian-Israeli children live below the poverty line.

Problem:
Only 40% of Israeli Ethiopian children achieve at or above grade level.
Solution:
The NACOEJ Limudiah programs, in which over 80% of Ethiopian-Israeli students are at at or above grade level.

Since 1992, the NACOEJ Limudiah programs have offered the needed assistance for education in grades one through four, and enable Ethiopian students to stay on grade level with, or surpass, their Israeli-born classmates.

Over 800 Ethiopian children participate in 21 schools in 8 Israeli cities (Jerusalem, Ramla, Rehovot, Lod, Rishon LeZion, Ness Ziona, Kiryat Ekron and Gedera), receiving 10-12 weekly hours of intensive after-school learning during the school year.
The children excel in part because of the small teacher-to-student ratio of one to eight (or less), which enables the students to receive much-needed individualized attention. Nutritious hot lunches are also provided, a necessity, as the children often come to school without having eaten breakfast and without a bagged lunch. For many of them, this is the only truly nourishing meal of the day.

The NACOEJ Limudiah programs are so successful that they are regarded as models all over Israel and a waiting list of communities and schools urging NACOEJ to provide programs has developed.

Please help these children succeed in school and ensure their future!