Stories and Pathways

Written by Leoni Groot Actually I have so much to write, because so much happened since the last time that I wrote. And yes, I could have made time, but I didn’t. I enjoyed my life in Israel and the volunteer work with ENP so much and all the time I kept saying to myself: I will write a blog post soon. But I didn’t. Now here I am, back home in the Netherlands. I remember that I came into the ENP office for the first time about six months ago, thinking how much time I would be with the Ethiopian-Israeli teenagers and about the many meaningful things I could do for ENP. Time has gone so fast. It’s funny that I only really realize what I learnt and how wonderful everything was now I am back home. I remember my last day with ENP: Instead of feeling like these were my last hours with ENP, I felt like I would be there the next week again. Why? Because ENP gave me such a welcome and happy feeling! During my ‘fieldwork’ I went twice a week to Fidel, the...

-Written by Diane On Monday, July 29, a group of teens ages 16-17 from the Camp Ramah Israel Seminar participated in a gardening project with Ethiopian youth from Beit Shemesh.  First, everyone met at the Havat HaNoar HaTsioni Youth Village near the German Colony.  After playing a few “ice-breaker” games, both kids from ENP and Camp Ramah walked over to the gardening site in Maaglei Yavnei.  We met with representatives from the Society for Protection of Nature in Israel who explained different gardening techniques and the work they had done so far in the garden.  The kids were broken up into two groups and were given various gardening tools and began to work!  Everyone was very enthusiastic and came with a positive spirit.  Both the teens from Camp Ramah and ENP helped to pull out weeds, rake, pick up trash around the area, and much more.  Everyone worked together to make the garden a more beautiful place.  It was very hot so we all drank a...