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Hiwot and Berhanu: Better Parenting

Hiwot was a single mother with one son who was
12 years old named Berhanu. All throughout his
schooling, Berhanu had been frustrated that his
mother was not more supportive of or interested in his
education, but the explanation for that went deeper
because Hiwot was illiterate. Her understanding of
her son’s homework or class load was limited, but
Berhanu’s frustration grew all the more. Berhanu
had been attending ENP’s Youth Outreach Center
in Tirat Hacarmel for a few months, when he saw
advertisements for parents workshops. He told his mom about it, and because she could
sense that it would mean a lot to Berhanu if she went, she did. Parents workshops are very
helpful tools for Ethiopian-Israeli parents to learn and get great advice about how best to
integrate into new Israeli society, and how to help their children all along the way. At the
workshop, Hiwot learned of the importance of asking questions about her son’s schooling andto ask if he had completed his homework. The very next day when Berhanu came home fromschool, Hiwot surprised him by being engaged about what he had done that day, and Berhanuwas incredibly grateful to the ENP for the encouraging support and advice that they had not only showed him, but now his mother as well.

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