Afternoon Learning Centers (ALCs)

Israel La’ad works with local welfare and social workers to identify children at risk of not getting a high school education because they are in danger of failing out of grade school or of getting involved with crime or drugs. Priority is given to children of immigrants who have arrived in Israel in the past 10-15 years and are unemployed because they have had difficulty integrating into the Israeli work force and society.

These children come from homes that cannot provide them with essential learning tools or a conducive environment for doing school work. The ALCs offer these children what their parents cannot. Our teachers work at the ALCs with groups of 3-5 kids at a time. Each child’s weaknesses are identified and the children are then assigned to a teacher who focuses on their individual needs.

Helping these children succeed in school TODAY greatly increases their chances of successfully integrating into Israeli society in the FUTURE.

The program operates with tremendous success. Our teachers have been amazed by how eager the children are to come to the ALCs and learn once they realize that someone cares about their schooling.

We need your help to open new ALCs. The annual cost of operating an ALC for a group of 20 kids is $13,000. This amount enables us to acquire the necessary space, hire teachers to work after school hours, buy books and other study aides and supplies, as well as provide occasional field trips and sports activities that these kids cannot afford.