The NACOEJ/Edward G. Victor High School Sponsorship Program provides opportunities for Ethiopian-Israeli high school students to study at local academic high schools, to join their classmates on educational field trips, and to participate in extracurricular activities, while living at home with their families during adolescence. Every year, some 1,300 high school students receive sponsorships through this program.

High schools in Israel are not free. Parents must cover the costs of books, transportation, lab fees, academic school trips, gym clothes and more. Students who cannot afford to live at home and cover school and transportation expenses, are often sent to lower-level, state-subsidized boarding schools. The donations we receive from sponsors cover a portion of the required school fees, so that parents do not have to cover the entire costs. The donations are sent directly to the schools in order to cover tuition, school supplies, and other costs.

Gregory Pearlman (New York) visiting his family's high school student Galit (from Rehovot) on a recent trip to Israel.

Since the inception of the NACOEJ/ Edward G. Victor High School Sponsorship Program, thousands of Ethiopian-Israeli pupils have been able to attend academic high schools in their own communities and to live at home with their families. The program has played an influential role in creating a pattern of more and more Ethiopian-Israeli youth studying in neighborhood schools, rather than attending distant and often low-level vocational boarding schools.

Please help us to provide sponsorships for many more Ethiopian-Israeli high school students on our waiting list.

We will make a match between you and one or more students whose special needs will be covered by your gift, and send you a biography and photo of your student(s). The cost to sponsor a student for the year is $350.

For more information, please contact Lisa Kovitch at highschool@nacoej.org or 212-233-5200 x.232

Sponsor a high school student now!