The Sands of Samar, a dune expanse in the Arava region of southern Israel, near Eilat, on August 30, 2019. Photo by Mila Aviv/Flash90.
In the middle of Israel’s barren Arava, more than an hour’s drive from a major city, a diverse group of over 1,200 university students from Africa and Asia have gathered to learn the latest in agriculture technologies from local farmers.
Illustration of Israeli students wearing protective face masks, in order to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, in a school in Tel Aviv. AUgust 23, 2020. Photo by Chen Leopold/FLASH90
Teachers taking on new subjects, students going part-time, parents concerned with space and schedules—like other countries, kinks in the system due to the ongoing coronavirus are starting to show.
Israeli youths during a remote learning session at their home in Moshav Yashresh on March 18, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shut down the country’s schools and universities until at least after Passover, Israeli parents, like their counterparts in other countries shut down by the COVID-19 virus, suddenly found themselves confronted with the task of overseeing their children’s education.
Photo: Staff with Nevet, an organization based in Ra’anana, Israel, prepare breakfast sandwiches for children in need throughout the country. January 2019. Credit: Omri Shapira.
When is the last time you did something so mundane, like making a sandwich, and took the time to realize that those two slices of bread with some fillings and condiments in-between could be a tool towards breaking the cycle of poverty?