What does ENP do? A Volunteer’s Perspective
By Lisa Raizes
ENP Volunteer Summer 2014
Student at Southern Methodist University
Note: Although ENP has multiple programs, I am specifically focusing on their Youth Outreach Centers since that is where I served during my summer with ENP. I recently came across an evaluation study of ENP from the Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute in 2005-2007 and thought it would be helpful to provide their statistics here. The study provides an in depth look at ENP’s youth outreach centers although it is important to keep in mind that the study was done a couple of years ago. The statistics in the study explain overall characteristics of ENP’s youth outreach centers, and not specifically the one I served at.
To understand what ENP’s youth outreach centers do, it is important to understand the general characteristics of the youth that these centers serve. The following statistical characteristics were taken from the Myers-JDC Brookdale Evlauation study of ENP:
• 46% of the youth are born in Ethiopia and 54% of the youth are born in Israel
• 90% of families have four or more children
• In 30% of the homes, neither parent is working
• 10% of students fail four or more subjects and half of them fail at least one
• 33% of the youth have been involved in fights
I feel that the center is very important to addressing these challenges. The center allows the children to interact with people who are facing the same challenges, get support, and get involved with different activities. The center also hosts parent’s nights to get the parents involved and help them understand what their children are going through.
According to the Myers-JDC Brookdale evaluation study, “81% of the youth say they are satisfied with the center” and over half of the youth felt the center built their confidence as well as provided them with things to do in their leisure time that held interest and importance to them (Cohen-Navot, Baruj-Kovarsky, Levi, and Konstantinov 18-20).
The youth outreach centers aim to help the Ethiopian-Israelis socially and emotionally. It is important for Ethiopian-Israeli youth to have a place to go when they need a resource, something to do, a role model, or access to peers that are going through the same things.
Works Cited:
Cohen-Navot, Miriam, Ruth Baruj-Kovarsky, Dganit Levi, and Viacheslav Konstantinov. The Ethiopian National Project: An Evaluation Study of the SPACE Program - Scholastic Assistance, Youth Centers 2005-2007. Jerusalem: Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, The Engelberg Center for Children and Youth, 2007. The Ethiopian National Project. Web..
ENP Volunteer Summer 2014
Student at Southern Methodist University
What does ENP do? A Volunteer’s Perspective
Note: Although ENP has multiple programs, I am specifically focusing on their Youth Outreach Centers since that is where I served during my summer with ENP. I recently came across an evaluation study of ENP from the Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute in 2005-2007 and thought it would be helpful to provide their statistics here. The study provides an in depth look at ENP’s youth outreach centers although it is important to keep in mind that the study was done a couple of years ago. The statistics in the study explain overall characteristics of ENP’s youth outreach centers, and not specifically the one I served at.
To understand what ENP’s youth outreach centers do, it is important to understand the general characteristics of the youth that these centers serve. The following statistical characteristics were taken from the Myers-JDC Brookdale Evlauation study of ENP:
• 46% of the youth are born in Ethiopia and 54% of the youth are born in Israel
• 90% of families have four or more children
• In 30% of the homes, neither parent is working
• 10% of students fail four or more subjects and half of them fail at least one
• 33% of the youth have been involved in fights
I feel that the center is very important to addressing these challenges. The center allows the children to interact with people who are facing the same challenges, get support, and get involved with different activities. The center also hosts parent’s nights to get the parents involved and help them understand what their children are going through.
According to the Myers-JDC Brookdale evaluation study, “81% of the youth say they are satisfied with the center” and over half of the youth felt the center built their confidence as well as provided them with things to do in their leisure time that held interest and importance to them (Cohen-Navot, Baruj-Kovarsky, Levi, and Konstantinov 18-20).
The youth outreach centers aim to help the Ethiopian-Israelis socially and emotionally. It is important for Ethiopian-Israeli youth to have a place to go when they need a resource, something to do, a role model, or access to peers that are going through the same things.
Works Cited:
Cohen-Navot, Miriam, Ruth Baruj-Kovarsky, Dganit Levi, and Viacheslav Konstantinov. The Ethiopian National Project: An Evaluation Study of the SPACE Program - Scholastic Assistance, Youth Centers 2005-2007. Jerusalem: Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, The Engelberg Center for Children and Youth, 2007. The Ethiopian National Project. Web.
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