The Arab Sector

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.