sending...The village of Yaffat el-Nassera is located in the margins of the Galilee, bordering Emek Israel, Nazareth, and Migdal Ha’emek and has a population of over 17,000. The Yaffat el-Nassera Community is located in the neighborhood of Marach el-Ghouzlan, which is home to approximately 4,000 residents. A substantial portion of Yaffat’s population today are the descendents of internally displaced Palestinians from 1948 and Bedouins. Many of the residents in this neighborhood suffer from poverty and lack of educational and municipal services and infrastructure.
The Learning Community supports over 60 children aged 9-13. Academic Students function as tutors in the Community and are responsible for organizing and running daily activities in the Learning Community as well as Community Action Days—community wide events, which are consistently attended by large numbers of children and their families. The Students also participate in learning seminars relevant to the educational, social, political and economical context in which they work, live, and study. The Learning Community operates four days a week out of Elementary School B.
The Community Steering Committee, formed by parents and other residents, meets every two weeks to guide the Learning Community’s activities and objectives and to discuss issues of importance to the community. There is also an active Women’s Group, which meets to discuss topics such as self and group empowerment, children’s education, and raising awareness for local issues.
In the past year, the women’s group initiated and took part in a computer course in cooperation with the municipality. They are now planning courses on additional topics.
For further information, or if you would like to participate, please contact Ghadir, the community coordinator, at 054-7608120 or yaffat@mahapach-taghir.org