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כתפים יותר מ –1,200 תלמידים בשמונה בתי ספר במזרח ירושלים בתוכנית “ילדים עושים פילוסופיה”. יום משתמטרת התוכנית היא לפתח מרחב בטוח שבו ילדים יכולים לשאול שאלות על העולם באופן אכפתי, מכובד התוכניומנומק. לראשונה אנחנו מנסים פרויקט מימון המונית לפיתוח ולהרחבה של התוכנית במזרח ירושלים ובצפון. המימון נדרש כדי להתאים את חומר הלימוד לקהילות השונות ולהדריך את המדריכים. נשמח לעזור לך במימון התוכנית
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Globally, civil public discourse today is at an all-time low. Communities are mobilized around perceived threats rather than working together for a better future that instils hope. More than ever before, we need to learn to be discerning in the way we evaluate information and opinion, make sense of our experience, and be proactive as thoughtful members of our communities. This is especially so in the Middle East, where history and politics amplify these corrosive trends.
Changing civic society, one conversation at a time.
We believe education is a strong vehicle to address these trends. It requires raising children to see the world – and their future – as full of possibilities informed by human difference, rather than full of dangers, where difference breeds suspicion and fear. It starts with developing our children’s capacity to think together about questions of human flourishing, to function respectfully across differences of worldview, politics, culture and aspiration.
The Israeli Center for Philosophy in Education -“philosophy for life” has been working with schools in Israel and East Jerusalem for 12 years. This call for funding is to strengthen our work in the Arab sector. This year our program is reaching over 1,200 students in East Jerusalem.
Each week our trained team of facilitators bring our program ‘Philosophy for Children’ (P4C) into classrooms across 8 schools. These schools operate under the Israeli Ministry of Education. P4C creates an environment in which children think with one another in a safe and supportive environment as they make sense of their experience, figure themselves out and develop their ideas and beliefs. They learn to form good questions, ones that can guide them to greater insight, wisdom and judgment. This process empowers students to see how their ideas can shape their classmates’ thinking as they engage in reasoned argument and thoughtful consideration of other points of view.
What do we need?*
We need to raise $12,000 over the next 3 months to support our work in the Arab sector. In 2018/2019 we plan to expand our work in East Jerusalem and bring this program to Israel’s North. We are fundraising now to cover the cost of producing curricula materials that are developmentally, culturally and linguistically appropriate to these populations, and to provide ongoing training and mentoring to facilitators. Additional funds will also enable us to respond to requests coming from the participating schools to provide additional school-wide philosophy events, special events for their parents, and to partner with them to help make thinking the hallmark of their school. For this we need your help – please join us to realize this goal.
What will my support provide?
| Development of new educational resources |
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| .. 1 x student booklet + facilitator’s guide (including translation and editing) The donor is able to dedicate this booklet in someone’s name along with recognition of their donation |
$3,500 |
| Training and Mentoring | |
| …Professional mentoring and training for one facilitator over one year …The donor is able to dedicate this in someone’s name along with recognition of their donation |
$3,000 |
| Student materials for the classroom (printing, art supplies, materials) – average cost | |
| .. Educational resources for one school for a year ….The donor is able to dedicate this in someone’s name along with recognition of their donation |
$2,400 |
| … Educational resources for one Grade level in a school for a year ….The donor is able to dedicate this in someone’s name along with recognition of their donation |
$1,200 |
| …1 x Educational resources for one class for a semester @$8.35 per student ……..(booklets + materials) |
$150 |
| ...2 x sets of booklets for one semester for one class @2.50 per booklet | $90 |
| …1 x set of booklets for one class (18 students) @2.50 per booklet | $45 |
| …10 booklets (printing) @ $2.50 per booklet | $25 |
Where can I make a donation?
Please make your donation online through Jgive
URLs for Jgive:
USD donations: https://www.jgive.com/en/donation_targets/4449?currency=USD
Israeli Shekel donations: https://www.jgive.com/en/donation_targets/4449?currency=ILS
Donations to Jgive are tax deductible in Israel (section 46), the United States (501c3) and Canada.
Participating Schools in East Jerusalem:
| El Farooq School for girls, Jabel Makuba | Shuafat School for Boys ‘B’, Shuafat |
| Essawiya School for girls, Essawiya | El Sawahra school for girls ‘A’, Sawahra |
| Shuafat School for Boys ‘A’, Shuafat | El Sawahra school for girls ‘B’, Sawahra |
| Silwan school for girls, Ras El-Amud | Ebdah, School of the Arts, Ras El Amud |
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The Israeli Center for Philosophy in Education – ‘Philosophy for Life’ is a project of Topaz.
Topaz – Leading Social Innovations was founded in 2000 by a team of Israeli social entrepreneurs as a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, voluntary association. With the aim of contributing to the growth and sustainability of Israeli society, we formulate and nurture innovative and creative social ventures in a supportive environment. Topaz’s mission is to drive large-scale change by identifying, investing in, connecting and supporting social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving some of Israel’s most pressing problems.
* By partnering with Tochnit Karev we have the financial capacity to pay our facilitators and provide some initial training and supervision in schools. However, this does not cover the expenses of developing and producing new educational resources, ongoing mentoring and professional development for our facilitators, or meet requests coming from schools for additional programming.
