ENP — Ethiopian National Project

What is it?

ENP — Ethiopian National Project — is a partnership framework between the Government of Israel, the Jewish Agency, JDC, North American federations, and Jewish-community-with-community families. Established in 2001.

Main programs

• SPACE — multi-year academic-support program for high-schoolers — 4,500+ participants in grades 7-12
• SHALAV — school-based program for grades 1-6
• Bagrut Grant — funding for high-achieving Ethiopian-Israeli high-schoolers — ~1,000 participants/year
• Tech-Career Bootcamp — career-pivot program into tech — ~120 graduates/year
• Israel Sci-Tech Alumni — track to a science career

Structure

• HQ: Jerusalem
• Funding: government (40%), JDC + federations (40%), philanthropy (20%)
• Annual reach: ~10,000 youth and adults in programs

Community relevance

• Tier-A funding partner for education-and-youth programs
• Connection to national and international community
• "Default" reference among funding and philanthropy organizations

See also

• Right: Bagrut grant — operated by ENP at Tier-1
• Right: Tech-Career bootcamp