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We are a UK charity set up to introduce new friends and bring supporters to the fantastic charitable project of ESRA in Israel – Students Build a Community.
Students are provided with housing in disadvantaged neighborhoods, and in return each student mentors a group of local schoolchildren and becomes a social activist.
Academic Improvement
Individual and group empowerment in a positive and supportive setting to facilitate personal development while improving social behavior and academic achievement. Teachers report 27% average academic improvement on previous year.
Complete Degrees
Financial support enables students to complete their studies and become contributing members of society, as well as the opportunity to experience volunteering and learn that to give is to get. 50% of students participate in the project for two years or more.
Watch the movie above and see how ESRA is creating mentoring opportunities, educational support and developing communities in some of the most challenging locations in Israel.
With 14 years of experience, it is ESRA's ambition to introduce our flagship project to many more areas of need.
Currently, negotiations are underway to expand the program to several new cities in the 2021-22 academic year.
Through supporting this project, we can help raise children’s academic achievements, lower the crime rate, help students complete their degrees and bring new life to underprivileged areas.
Friends of ESRA in Israel was created in 2017 and registered as a UK charity in 2019 in order to provide financial or material assistance to support the charitable work of ESRA. As part of this objective it desires to bring awareness in the UK of the work of ESRA which is Israel's largest English-speaking volunteer organisation.
The trustees of Friends of ESRA in Israel host an annual fundraising event in London, as well as arranging educational briefings on the work of Students Build a Community and ESRA across the UK.
Click here to see ESRA’s Annual Report 2019
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