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One of the Clore Foundation’s primary commitments is to promote co-existence between Jews and Arabs, and to support equal opportunities for Israel’s Arab population. To this end, the Foundation has assisted in several initiatives pertaining to co-existence, community, education, employment and women’s issues, in towns and villages from the Upper Galilee to the Negev. Some of the most significant contributions in this area are the Sir Charles Clore Jewish-Arab Community Centre in Acre; the Yitzhak Rabin Sports Hall in Tuba-Zangriya; the Clore Children’s Library and Cultural Centre in Haifa; the Clore Neighbourhood Centre in Ein Hayam , Haifa; a Community Centre in Beit Safafa, Jerusalem; the Technical Studies Wing of the Abdallah Ibn El Hussein High School in East Jerusalem; the construction of the Clore Community Centre in the Juarish neighbourhood of Ramla; an early- childhood wing at the community centre in Jiser al Zarka; and most recently the Clore Multi-Purpose Community Centre in the Bedouin village of Kamaneh, Misgav. Other projects supported over the past decade include: · Job-search workshops for university graduates. · Vocational counseling for school pupils. · Scholarships for female Bedouin students. · Implementation of creativity curriculum in schools. · Holistic intervention in a school system. · Matriculation preparation and after-school programmes for Bedouin pupils. · After-school programmes for children at risk. · Summer camps. · Support for bi-lingual education. · Renovation of kindergartens. · Community buildings in Bedouin villages. · Empowerment of women and job-training for women. |