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| Youth Program Graduation, July 2010 |
The Youth Project (a program for Bedouin girls in 7th-9th grade)
Since 2004 the Youth Project has aimed to develop the ambition, independence, and life skills of Bedouin Junior High young women and to actively engage the students and their parents in the education process.
The program was developed by a Bedouin clinical social worker, and takes place in two Bedouin junior high-schools, in Hura and Tel-Sheva. This is a 3-year program, adapted to 3 years of adolescence. 30-50 students take part in this program annually. This program is headed by a Bedouin woman coordinator and a professional counselor.
An ultimate aim of the project is to increase the number of Bedouin women studying in the Academia that apply themselves and study the subjects needed by the Bedouin community and are involved socially within the community.
Program components:
- SELF AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS: Special study sessions focus on education, leadership skills, gender and identity, strengthening self-image, and commitment to community involvement in order to bring about social change .
- PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION: The students are given additional English learning classes with an emphasis on spoken English in order to help them succeed in both academia and the modern working world .
- PARENT INVOLVEMENT: Alnuhud provides opportunities for the parents, particularly the mothers to be involved in the education of their students.
