By Eric Goldberg | Head of the Board of Directors
August 2013
Dear Supporters of the Ariela Foundation,
We continue to be extremely grateful and appreciative of your donations that are helping to improve the lives of young Ethiopian Jews that will become future role models for their community.
The Ariela Foundation promotes excellence amongst Ethiopian Jewry. Our goal is to create change in the lives of Israeli youngsters of Ethiopian origin who show potential to excel, as a way of fomenting full social and economic integration. We provide guidance, while nurturing personal growth amongst participants. We expect our participants to become outstanding citizens with high moral values, who contribute to society and serve as positive role models. All of this is aimed at creating change at the personal level, within the family, in the community and throughout Israeli society.
Some of our main activities throughout April - June 2013 included one on one mentoring, tutorial lessons, meetings with role models, journalism workshops, field orienteering workshops, entrepreneurship and technical product development workshops, parenting workshops, “Environment, communications and technology” workshops, phototherapy workshops, interpersonal communications & “Me and my Surroundings” workshops and workshops to increase inclination towards academic studies and to create awareness about future plans, leadership & social involvement workshops,
We would also like to share a few results (and some pictures) from our students representing the transformation they are going through as a result of our activities:
-One high school female student from Ness Tziona received a grade point average of 85 in English whilst another male high school student from Ness Tziona improved his math score average by 10 points.
- In the final matriculation tests of a 12th grade participant from Ness Tziona, he received a grade of 95 score in Math and 93 in advanced English.
- One participant from Tel Aviv – Jaffa improved his grades in mathematics from “Fail” to 80.
-Another female student from Tel Aviv – Jaffa improved her grade point average from 74 in the first semester to 83 in the second semester.
-One of our Tel Aviv – Jaffa groups took part in a navigation competition sponsored by the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality and were among the best teams, even winning prize money.
Thank you once again for your ongoing support that is helping to change the world.
Eric Goldberg
Head of the Board of Directors
Ariela Foundation
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