Beyond the Stats
By Orit Honigsberg ENP Intern, Fall 2014 Student at Bar Ilan University Most of my days I spend working with numbers and facts as I write applications and letters, appealing to different corporations to help ENP’s worthy cause. Statistics of the Ethiopian-Israeli community clearly indicate the necessity of ENP’s work. The latest report will tell you that Ethiopian-Israeli families are larger than the average Israeli family-almost half having 3 or more children. 44.7% of Ethiopian-Israeli families with children live in poverty. 12.7% of Ethiopian-Israeli families are dual-breadwinner poor. 45% of Ethiopian-Israeli women have no education and/or certifications. 47.3% of Ethiopian-Israeli children are placed in the lowest tracks at school, resulting in their inability to study the material that will make the college-eligible. Additionally, while 46% of Israelis pay for supplementary tutoring for their children during high school, this is a luxury that most Ethiopian-Israeli fami