Sponsors


These are just some examples of how your contribution to UIA impacts the lives of Israel's new immigrants and vulnerable populations, and helps them build their lives in their new homeland.

It costs:

$US 102 - to help a new immigrant learn Hebrew at a basic 5 month Ulpan
$US 200 - to help one Ethiopian high school student participate in the Sparks of Science enrichment program for one month ($US2,400 for one year)
$US 392 - to provide pre-aliyah preparation for one aliyah candidate in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
$US 400 - to fly one new oleh to Israel from the former Soviet Union
$US 416 - to help one elderly immigrant live an independent life of dignity in a sheltered home for one month
$US 483 - to support a new immigrant in an absorption centre for one month
$US 510 - to fly one Ethiopian immigrant to Israel
$US 742 - to support one student on the 9 - month Selah program
$US 1,040 - to support one new immigrant in a Kibbutz Ulpan for five months
$US 1,074 - to provide pre-aliyah preparation for one aliyah candidate in a residential compound in Gondar or Addis Ababa
$US 1,150 - to provide matriculation assistance for one high school student in the SPACE program for one year
$US 1,250 - to support one teenager in a youth village for youth at risk for one month
$US 1,350 - to help one high-risk teenager participate in the Net@ hi-tech program for one year
$US 3,000 - to help one new immigrant study in university for one year
$US 4,000 - to support one Ethiopian student on the 6 month KEDMA program
$US 4,800 - to connect 50 new immigrant families with Israeli families wishing to ‘adopt’ them
$US 5,000 - to enable one elderly immigrant to live in Amigour’s sheltered housing for one year
$US 5,800 - to support one Ethiopian immigrant in an absorption centre, including educational intervention and counselling, for one year
$US 6,000 - to enable one homeless family to live in Amigour’s public housing facilities for one year
$US 6,600 - to support one highschool student on the Na'aleh program for one school year
$US 8,000 - to support one student on the 9-month Atid program
$US 9,742 - to support one student on the 9 - month Selah program
$US 12,000 - to support one student from a disadvantaged community on a MASA program
$US 13,000 - to support one student in the Atidim for Industry program for one year
$US 15,000 - to support one child in a Jewish Agency youth village for one year
$US 20,700 - to support one student in the Atidim – Cadets for Public Service Program for one year
$US 62,000 - to support the Net@ program in a peripheral development town for one year
$US 63,000 - to run a SPACE youth centre

2006 Targets:

  • Participants in Sparks of Science: 240
  • Participants in Kedma: 720
  • Ethiopian immigrant students receiving scholarships: 1850
  • Participants in the SPACE Program: Youth in School 12,650 (up from 3,950 in 2005)
  • Participants in the SPACE Program: Youth at Risk: 1,800 (600 in 2004)
  • Participants in Net@: 1900 (up from 900 in 2004)
  • Participants in Pre-Atidim: 9,000 (up from 7,200 in 2004)
  • Participants in Atidim for Industry: 400 (up from 192 in 2004)
  • Number of Ethiopian Immigrants in an Absorption Centre - 7,200 (up from 3700 in 2005)
  • Please amend Participants in Kedma to Ethiopian participants in Kedma
  • Pls add to No of Ethiopian immigrant students receiving scholarships: 1850 (up from 1700 in 2004)
  • Total Number of new immigrants: 27,400 (up from 22,134 in 2004)
  • Ethiopian Olim: 7,200 (up from 3695 in 2004)
  • Immigrants in Absorption Centres - 22,000 (up from 17,300 in 2004)
  • Basic Ulpan Participants: 10,000 (up from 8,500 in 2005)
  • New 'At Home Together' Connections: 3,300 (up from 2,600 in 2004)
  • Participants in Na'aleh: 450 (up from 380 in 2005)
  • Participants in Selah/Atid: 600 (up from 590 in 2005)

Facts:

  • Total number of residents in Amigour’s sheltered housing for the elderly: 6,500
  • 85% are Olim
  • 35% receive nursing care