Student Leadership

This program encourages higher educationto serve as a key to social mobility, along with involvement in social and community activities. It shapes identity and social awareness, nurturing the next generation of leaders, while at the same time connecting to Jewish sources, with a focus on the Sephardic Jewish tradition. Students in this program are awarded a scholarship. They engage in a learning group and leadership workshops, they can also receive guidance in earning their academic degree and preparing for their future careers. The Netu’im students, are local students from peripheral areas, the Negev and Galilee.

These students chose to establish their lives in the communities where they grew up. In this track, they create a local social network and gain experience in social-community entrepreneurship. The participants in the Aïda Scholarship Program are selected among students from neighborhoods and graduates of youth villages. They return to the schools where they studied and serve as teaching assistants acting as role models for the students. The place where they grew up is the center of their lives. In this path, they create a local social network and experience social-community entrepreneurship. In the Ida Scholarship Program track, selected Students from neighborhoods and graduates of youth villages, who return to the schools where they studied, and serve as Teaching reinforcements, and role models for school students.

Outcome Indicators

• The students will successfully complete their studies upon finishing their participation in the program.
• The students will express a sense of belonging to their hometowns, a connection to Jewish sources, and a sense of self-confidence and motivation which allows them to engage in community activities.
• Youth centers and schools where the students are active will report that the students' social work is beneficial and meaningful.