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One Place to Make Dreams Come True
There are 75,000 Ethiopian Jews living in Israel. More than 80% are living in poverty. 75% of the adults can't read or write Hebrew. Most had never held a pencil in Ethiopia. The journey to Israel is behind them. The journey in Israel has just begun. With your help, federation can do more.
For generations their families worked the land and dreamed of "next year in Jerusalem." Until last year, when, for Shlomo and Yoram, that dream came true. Now, they want to be soccer players, one day; teachers, the next. For these boys, for 40,000 other Ethiopian immigrant children under the age of 18 and 2,000 new Jewish Ethiopian babies born each year in this community, the journey to Israel is behind them. The journey in Israel has just begun.
A donation to federation will help support a 10-city plan to integrate 24,000 Ethiopian schoolchildren into modern Israeli society ... after school centers for 2,500 Ethiopian children who need special help ... post high-school scholarships for all Ethiopian students ... housing for new Ethiopian immigrants ... and residential programs that give troubled Ethiopian teenagers a fresh start. With your help, federation can do more.