Providing Children and Youth from the Asylum Seeker Community with Free Transportation to and from School

FUNDING AN ANNUAL PASS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS STUDENTS
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REQUESTED DONATION:

$120,000

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Project: Providing children and youth from the asylum seeker community with free transportation to and from school throughout the year.

NEED: Eliminate doubled rates on everyday travel to and from school by public transportation, due to not having a status in Israel.

OBJECTIVE: Alleviate the already tough circumstances of statusless school students and reducing distress on a family
that could prevent them from attending school.

IMPACT: Enable 300 school students from the asylum seeker community to use public transportation to and from school free of charge throughout the school year

Requested Donation: $120,000 USD

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