This academic
enrichment project targets at-risk youth of low socio-economic status who
struggle academically. This project offers private tutoring with a supportive
framework and a welcoming environment supporting high school students as they go
through different experiences in their personal and academic lives. The project
also involves the students’ parents in its activities to ensure they provide
at-home support and encouragement for their children. Elementary school children
have their own tutoring program which gives equal time for academic work and
recreation to enable them to develop healthy social skills. The children’s
program includes football and karate sessions as well as social activities
teaching them how to succeed both working alone and cooperating in groups.
During academic tutoring sessions the children study math, languages, and
environmental studies. The children’s tutoring program includes students in the
4th and 4th grades from 3 Rahat schools and the local community centers who meet
three times a week.
Students from
elementary schools throughout Rahat meet twice a week for English language
classes, focusing on a subject that is generally weak among the Arabic-speaking
communities in Israel. The students participating in this project are selected
because they have strong English skills and this course enriches their knowledge
through listening, reading, and speech. English language students from Israel
and overseas lead the course, bringing their own unique perspective and
experience to the project.
This project includes
50 children. The football sessions are operated under the authority of the
Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. The karate session includes two groups (one for
boys and one for girls) who meet twice a week for different martial arts
activities. The program’s sports counselors are professionals with certificates
from the Weizmann Institute and years of experience in football and karate. The
physical activity impact the children’s achievements in school by making them
more disciplined and encouraging positive growth and development. As a result of
the lack of extra-curricular activities and recreational facilities in Rahat,
most children have no other similar programs available to them, and the children
who have the opportunity to participate in this program benefit in ways that
impact their lives for the long-term.
This program includes
children in 4th and 5th grades at the Salah al-Din Elementary School in Rahat
who meet once a week for a course led by an expert environmental counselor. The
project aims to develop independent learning skills, teamwork skills, increased
awareness of environmental issues, and recognition of causes of pollution in
air, water, and land. The children gain basic geographic knowledge as well as
the ability to analyze spatial distances. Step Forward was motivated to initiate
this project by the global population rise, mass industrialization of the 20th
century, and the urbanization process reaching its peak in developing regions.
Participants learn environmental lessons that are relevant to their own
experience as Bedouin who have only come to live in settled areas (building
their own urban centers) in the last generation. The children themselves are
exposed to significant air population from factories, cars, and electric plants
in the region which endanger the lives of future generations. Regional pollution
damages their health, hurts native animals and vegetation, speeds up the process
of desertification, and threatens the northern villages along the sea in Israel.
Raising awareness of their role in creating pollution leads the program’s
participants to immediately act to reduce their negative impact on the
environment. They also learn about air and water systems, recycling, and the
processes behind the creation and proper waste management of paper, plastic, and
glass.
20 students meet once
a week for a course in which they produce a play that
includes all the personal
and social aspects of their lives—movement, speech, relationships, emotions,
processes, and conflicts between people and their environment. Theater is
considered one of the most popular tools for academic and personal development,
and this project gives students the opportunity to develop their talents and
capabilities in theater to the fullest.
This project includes
boys and girls from different neighborhoods in Rahat who meet twice a week for
art production sessions. The students selected for the program exhibit talents
in art, painting, and drawing. The initiative enables them to reach their full
potential by giving them the tools and guidance they need to succeed. The
participants enjoy having the opportunity to develop their talents and improve
their knowledge and experience in different subjects of art and creativity.
status who
struggle academically. This project offers private tutoring with a supportive
framework and a welcoming environment supporting high school students as they go
through different experiences in their personal and academic lives. The project
also involves the students’ parents in its activities to ensure they provide
at-home support and encouragement for their children. Elementary school children
have their own tutoring program which gives equal time for academic work and
recreation to enable them to develop healthy social skills. The children’s
program includes football and karate sessions as well as social activities
teaching them how to succeed both working alone and cooperating in groups.
During academic tutoring sessions the children study math, languages, and
environmental studies. The children’s tutoring program includes students in the
4th and 4th grades from 3 Rahat schools and the local community centers who meet
three times a week.
elementary schools throughout Rahat meet twice a week for English language
classes, focusing on a subject that is generally weak among the Arabic-speaking
communities in Israel. The students participating in this project are selected
because they have strong English skills and this course enriches their knowledge
through listening, reading, and speech. English language students from Israel
and overseas lead the course, bringing their own unique perspective and
experience to the project.
the authority of the
Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. The karate session includes two groups (one for
boys and one for girls) who meet twice a week for different martial arts
activities. The program’s sports counselors are professionals with certificates
from the Weizmann Institute and years of experience in football and karate. The
physical activity impact the children’s achievements in school by making them
more disciplined and encouraging positive growth and development. As a result of
the lack of extra-curricular activities and recreational facilities in Rahat,
most children have no other similar programs available to them, and the children
who have the opportunity to participate in this program benefit in ways that
impact their lives for the long-term. 
s program includes
children in 4th and 5th grades at the Salah al-Din Elementary School in Rahat
who meet once a week for a course led by an expert environmental counselor. The
project aims to develop independent learning skills, teamwork skills, increased
awareness of environmental issues, and recognition of causes of pollution in
air, water, and land. The children gain basic geographic knowledge as well as
the ability to analyze spatial distances. Step Forward was motivated to initiate
this project by the global population rise, mass industrialization of the 20th
century, and the urbanization process reaching its peak in developing regions.
Participants learn environmental lessons that are relevant to their own
experience as Bedouin who have only come to live in settled areas (building
their own urban centers) in the last generation. The children themselves are
exposed to significant air population from factories, cars, and electric plants
in the region which endanger the lives of future generations. Regional pollution
damages their health, hurts native animals and vegetation, speeds up the process
of desertification, and threatens the northern villages along the sea in Israel.
Raising awareness of their role in creating pollution leads the program’s
participants to immediately act to reduce their negative impact on the
environment. They also learn about air and water systems, recycling, and the
processes behind the creation and proper waste management of paper, plastic, and
glass. 
includes all the personal
and social aspects of their lives—movement, speech, relationships, emotions,
processes, and conflicts between people and their environment. Theater is
considered one of the most popular tools for academic and personal development,
and this project gives students the opportunity to develop their talents and
capabilities in theater to the fullest.
This project includes
boys and girls from different neighborhoods in Rahat who meet twice a week for
art production sessions. The students selected for the program exhibit talents
in art, painting, and drawing. The initiative enables them to reach their full
potential by giving them the tools and guidance they need to succeed. The
participants enjoy having the opportunity to develop their talents and improve
their knowledge and experience in different subjects of art and creativity.
