Tent Projects - Student Volunteer Projects
Personal Development and Empowerment for Teen-Age Girls at Risk
150 teen-age girls (12-17) from the towns of Rahat and Tel Sheva, on the verge of becoming alienated dropouts, participate in this program, which is conducted by 20 student volunteers. The program provides the girls with knowledge and guidance on issues related to family life, health, rights and entitlements, and inter-personal communication, as well as with peer group support.
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Empowerment of Youth, Improved Educational Achievement and Softening of Tribal Boundaries
This project involves 140 teenagers (12-15) in the town of Segev Shalom and Laqiya, and is conducted by 23 student volunteers under the direction of project coordinators. The participants meet in small groups once a week for 4 hours of educational and social enrichment, with special emphasis on the acquisition of effective and non-violent inter-personal and inter-tribal communication.

 
Non-Violent Inter-personal Communication
80 primary school pupils from the unrecognized villages of Elgreen and Bir Hadaj participate in a similar project, conducted by 9 student volunteers. In weekly sessions, the children, working in small groups, learn alternative ways of relating to each other and of handling inter-personal conflicts.
Inter-generational Dialogue for Mothers and Teen-Aged Daughters (12-17)
125 mothers and daughters from Rahat and Laqia meet weekly for 3-hour sessions with student facilitators, under the professional supervision of local social workers. The program aims to provide the participants with improved inter-personal and inter-generational communication skills and understanding of the difficulties and problems involved in the transition from traditional to modern mores and life-style by both mothers and daughters.
Personal Development and Empowerment for Teen-age Youth at Risk
Participating in this program are 400 high school students from the towns of Lakiya and Hura and from the unrecognized villages of Wadi Na'am and Abu T'lul. The program is run by 117 student volunteers, each of whom meets with his/her small group of 3-4 participants for three hours weekly. The program provides participants with peer support, social enrichment, personal empowerment, and learning and leadership skills.
Information for Families of Children with Special Needs
This project reaches out to families of children with special needs, in order to provide them with information and facilitate their access to existent provisions, frameworks and support to which they and their children are entitled. The project is run by ten 10th and 11th grade high school pupils under the guidance of an adult student project coordinator.
Youth-to-Youth Information Taskforce
Ten 10th and 11th graders and three student volunteers conduct this outreach project for high school youth in the townships of Hura and Lakiya, providing them with information on educational entitlements and rights, access to higher education and practical 'survival skills', such as how to acquire a driver's license, how to open one's own bank account, how to take out a passport and other matters relevant to effective functioning in adult society. The volunteers prepare and give out flyers at schools, shopping centers, health clinics and other public sites and give talks to high school classes.
           
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