West Bank Scholarships

Priority Project – 4-47402-45-58

West Bank, Israel

Picture of studentsA tragic consequence of the continuing conflict in the Middle East is the poverty and the hopelessness faced by potential Palestinian university students. They have great motivation and the ability to be educated and improve their society, but their families are accruing debts just to eat and pay basic living costs. The Alliance Church in Jerusalem started a relief project in the West Bank that not only helps needy families with food and medical help, but also helps many students to continue their university education.

CAMA has already helped 55 students to study a variety of subjects at 7 different universities and wants to continue this project. Our agreement is to provide tuition costs if the family contributes 5 to 10 percent of the given semester’s bill. Many families are hardly able to provide the $10 of a $200 semester bill. But for the sake of educating their son or daughter, extreme sacrifices are made.

When students are equipped occupationally to integrate into the economic fabric of their society, it gives them and their families hope to break the devastating cycle of poverty in their lives.