antima project

Working with children between the ages of 10-12 years through an awareness group for public and private school students, group work with this group is an effective way to change the knowledge and behaviors of this generation, which enhances their acquisition of skills in various fields and contributes to creating a generation capable of understanding itself and its surroundings and building a clear personal and collective identity, as this project aims to promote belonging in Arab schools by introducing students to the story and history of the family, Landmarks and civilization of the country through educational and awareness-raising tours, and exposing them to the cultural heritage through (song - joke - characters - popular proverbs - food - poetry - story). Students are given the skills of communication, communication and acceptance of others without directing any family or community prejudice, believing that self-knowledge and deepening belonging lead to expanding horizons, defining goals and striving towards social development based on belonging to the origins, history and ancient civilization. "Entema is a joint project between three local organizations and is implemented in the cities of Lod, Ramla and Jaffa, with a weekly meeting lasting an hour and a half, focusing on three themes (identity, tourism and popular cultural heritage).

Project goals:

- Raise our students' awareness of their personal, community, and collective identity.

- Learn about society, its customs, traditions, origins, and diversity.

- Promote belonging to private and public spaces (home, school, neighborhood, city, country).

- Knowledge of cultural identity (names and characters, folk songs, cuisine, poems, dress codes).

- Learn the history and civilization of the city's landmarks.

- Promote the Arabic language.