Friends of Ofanim
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Phone: (610) 896-7000
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Direct beneficiaries per year: 8 mobile labs, 60 moshavim, 1,600 kids
Geographic areas served: Small, weak and remote villages (moshavim) along Israel's northern and southern periphery
Mission:
Ofanim’s mission is to reduce social and economic gaps in Israel by using mobile classrooms to deliver high-quality supplemental education to every child in Israel’s periphery.
Results:
At present, Ofanim educators provide over 50 weekly activities in 60 communities, reaching 1,600 children per week and providing over 45,000 hours of supplemental education per year to children who would otherwise be denied the opportunity to learn. In most cases, Ofanim is the only social and developmental resource available to these children, outside of school, which may be several towns away.
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Paul
11/03/09
I am honored to be the board chair of Friends of Ofanim and partner with my Israeli "brother" Haim Dahan and Israel’s leading business people on this innovative project. When you consider the situation in Israel's periphery, and how these kids need more resources for education, Haim's idea is ...
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Ari@Ofanim
11/03/09
As the first full-time Director for Friends of Ofanim, it has been my pleasure to work with an outstanding board of directors, and great partners in Israel to continue to develop this brilliant idea - mobile labs that literally drive education - into the nonprofit powerhouse I know we are becoming...
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