ENP SPACE Program Helps Graduate Overcome Hardships and Pave a Way to Success

Youth in School

 For each participant assisted by ENP's SPACE Program, the impact has been undeniably transformative. Here is the story of one:

When Bracha* was in 9th grade, her mother passed away. As a result of this tragedy, the girl’s grades plummeted precisely at a time when children are “tracked” -- an analysis that determines their future and whether they will study in schools that teach the material that will enable them to even apply to university. As a result of her poor performance, Bracha was placed in a lower performing vocational school, essentially writing off the possibility of her entering university. But ENP, having accompanied Bracha since the 7th grade, knew of her great potential, her ability to overcome this tragedy and to, once again, excel. ENP staff cut a deal with one of the city’s outstanding matriculation-awarding schools: if Bracha does well on three key examinations in the 10th grade, she will enter that new school in the 11th grade, an impossibility in a typically immobile placement. Indeed, with ENP SPACE's intensive scholastic assistance, encouragement, and the social and emotional embrace Bracha received, she returned to her former performance levels and was able, in the 11th grade, to get back on track.

Today, Bracha has graduated with a full matriculation certificate allowing her entrance to university and is serving as a police officer in an elite unit in the army.

*name has been changed