In 2004, only 19% of Ethiopian-Israeli seniors passed their high school completion exams, compared to 56% of the total Jewish population. In 2006, 32% of Ethiopian-Israeli seniors who attended high schools with ENP programs tested well enough to get into college.
By 2008, Jack Habib, Director of the Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute, said that ENP has made an enormous contribution, bringing to a stop and reversing negative trends, such as dropout rates, delinquency and flat college attendance.
The challenge today. Even with all this success, ENP is struggling to meet its mission ... serving only 8,000 out of 16,000 students who could benefit from its programs, and going into the new 2008-09 school year, programs for 4,000 of the currently funded kids are in jeopardy.
Do something now to make sure these kids are not left behind. Become part of the ENP Effect.
To donate by check, please make the check out to United Jewish Communities and clearly mark Ethiopian National Project on the bottom of the check. The check should be sent to:
Nikki Friedman Executive Director Operations UJC Overseas Supplemental Giving/IEF 25 Broadway, Suite 17003 New York, NY 10004-1010 Attention: Ethiopian National Project
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