Lyceum Shaalavim

KEY FACTS

Currently caters for 150 pupils per academic year

25% of school hours devoted to Jewish education.

Lyceum Shaalavim’s philosophy is based on the understanding that children with learning and social difficulties need timely interventions to enable them to participate successfully in life at school and in the community

Since its foundation in 1994, the Lyceum Shaalavim has provided free education for 842 pupils, with 131 receiving medical treatment and 185 receiving clothing and other basic supplies.

Lyceum Shaalavim’s philosophy is based on the understanding that children with learning and social difficulties need timely interventions to enable them to participate successfully in life at school and in the community. The skills acquired during these early years are enormously influential and will exert a fundamental influence on their future development.

Lyceum Shaalavim works with some 150 children suffering from physical and mental health problems who would otherwise be unable to receive a 'state education' in Ukraine.

Services provided include routine medical inspections, inoculations, physiotherapy, psychology, speech therapy, special studies and life skills. Additionally, food, clothing and respite programmes are supplied to these needy young people.

The WJR grant funds the teaching costs for 24 children with physical, mental and psycho-social disabilities and contributes towards feeding children from disadvantaged families.