PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND GRANTS
interest community. The students also participate in SHATIL enrichment and skill-building sessions, thus cultivating a strong cadre of leaders for Israel’s civil sector.
Bedouin Women’s Empowerment Project — $105,000 This project enables Bedouin women to participate more fully in modern Israeli society by developing their skills and knowledge. Specific training courses give women practical job skills, teach them about their rights and improve communication and cooperation between mothers and the school system; the more advanced courses teach advanced facilitation skills and economic empowerment.
Social and Economic Justice Initiative — $380,000 This project trains and guides NGOs and local activists in organizing their communities to fight poverty, with special attention to those living in the geographic periphery of the country. This year has seen a new focus on economic empowerment both in terms of capacity building for NGOs active in this area and advocacy work to improve current regulations that inhibit microbusiness ventures. Following the war added emphasis was placed on monitoring government commitments toward development and rehabilitation in the North, especially via SHATIL’s North Star Forum.
Assistance to Ethiopian Immigrants Project — $230,000 Cultivates national and local Ethiopian groups, equipping them with tools to improve the lives of their constituencies in critical areas such as employment, education, housing and health. The project reaches out to local activists, women and students in the Ethiopian community, increasing the level and effectiveness of their activities with training and consulting. A new coalition for youth at risk was established last year.
Assistance to Russian Immigrant Organizations — $352,885 Trains activists from the former Soviet Union to operate effective non-profit organizations and provides a forum for networking with other activists from the Russian and veteran Israeli communities. An important focus is youth at risk.
Grants Absorption of Immigrants from the Caucasus Region — $76,000 Support for an educational model aimed at advancing immigrant children from the Caucasus in the formal educational system, and to advocate for its implementation by the State.
AJEEC: Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation — $117,000 Promotes employment for the Negev Bedouin, particularly women, through vocational training as well as personal and economic empowerment courses.
Adva Center — $260,500 Policy analysis, advocacy and public education on issues of inequality among various population groups and women in particular.
Al-Ahali Center for Community Development — $240,000 Community organizing and educational activities that promote civic participation by Arab citizens.
Al-Zaharaa: Organization for Women — $32,000 Educational activities and community programs for women in the city of Saknin and the surrounding area.
Association of Bedouin Women to Promote Education — $100,000 Hundreds of African refugees marched down Sderot Rothschild in Tel Aviv to remind the world why they sought refuge in Israel.
Efforts to promote education among Bedouin women in the Negev by encouraging the community’s support for high school and university enrichment programs using mentoring and scholarships.
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