Kiryat Gat Centers of Excellence
Educating for Excellence
Field: Formal Education
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Requested sum: $30,000
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14% of total budget
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Location: Kiryat Gat
// About the Organization
Tofsim Kivun serves college educated young adults from Israel’s periphery, who acquire academic degrees despite great difficulty, but struggle to find well paid employment aligned with their skills.
// Project Description
Educating for Excellence strives to ensure that every girl and boy with potential can freely choose their life path, with as few limitations as possible. To this end, Tofsim Kivun identify children with potential for excellence and provide them with enrichment and personal empowerment through ongoing support during the school year. The program runs over the course of ten consecutive years from Third to Twelfth grade. Providing approximately four-hour sessions between 2-4 days a week.
// Project Goals
Educating for Excellence (E4E) strives to reduce inequality in Israel by creating equal opportunities for youth in Israel's social and geographic periphery. Tofsim Kivun aims to increase the chances of the participants by helping them complete high school with an excellent matriculation certificate.
// Target Population
The program is designed to help 119 disadvantaged children between Third and Seventh grade in Kiryat Gat. Direct Impact will be on the E4E student and their immediate family. E4E students are often the first members of their family who seek higher education and serve as a role model for other siblings.
// Outcomes
Expected Short-term outcomes: focusing on developing essential and diverse skills among the students. These include developing strategic thinking, developing cognitive thinking, understanding and analyzing information. In addition, it is important to develop interpersonal skills for creating social connections.
// Project Timeline
The activity takes place throughout the year in two schools in Kiryat Gat. In the Cramim School: Activities take place on Mondays and Thursdays. In the Yad Yitzhak School: Activities take place on Sundays and Thursdays.
// Budget Sustainability
The program in Kiryat Gat operates based on an established economic model that integrates diverse funding sources, including foundations, private donors and local authority collaborations to ensure long-term sustainability.
If the Partnership doesn’t fund the full requested sum, Tofsim Kivun will work to secure funding from other donors and philanthropists to ensure the continuity of the program and complete the required funding.
// Project establishment status
The program is already operating in the Partnership Region.