Hope Secondary School
Where are they?
What do they do?
Who benefits? |
Bethlehem
Educate, nurture and inspire young people through education.
140 children, between 10 and 18 years old. |
More Infomation:
Founded: 1961
Director: Solomon Nour
Beginnings:
The School was founded by the Mennonite community for the many refugee children and orphans in the Bethlehem area. It began with 40 boys between 12 and 15 years old, providing not only education but also food, clothing and a home. It soon expanded to accept students up to the age of 18 and after 10 years, girls were also accepted.
Activities
Education
- Students study the Government curriculum, including Arabic, Hebrew and English.
- Senior students specialise in vocational subjects such as Business Studies, Accounting, Economics and Computing.
- Up to 40 boys who live too far away or are from deprived families board at the School. They are also given clothes, study materials and three meals each day. No student is ever turned away because their family cannot pay.
- All the students begin their day with prayers in the Chapel and RE lessons are taught separately.
- There is a club for Christian students, which supports them at a time when the number of Christians in the Holy Land is decreasing dramatically.
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