We’re launching our Back to School Project, with the goal of providing between 70 and 100 children with high-quality backpacks filled with the essential school supplies they need to start the year with confidence, joy and excitement, knowing that someone thought of them and cared enough to make a difference in their lives.
As the new school year approaches, many families in Sderot are once again facing the heavy burden of preparing their children to return to class, not just emotionally, after another year marked by fear, sirens and conflict, but also financially, in a time when even the most basic needs feel increasingly out of reach.
In our City of Life Community Outreach Center, we are walking closely with dozens of young families who, after years of living on the front lines of terror and insecurity, are struggling not only with trauma but also with economic hardship that affects every area of their lives, and for many of them, this season becomes one of anxiety rather than joy, as they wonder how they will afford what their children need to begin school with dignity.
Each set costs US$60 and includes a durable backpack and a complete set of school materials. With your help, we hope to reach our goal of raising between US$4,200 and 6,000 to cover the total cost of this project, and we invite you to be part of this beautiful initiative that speaks not only to a practical need, but to the heart of who we are as a ministry, to stand beside the most vulnerable, to lift the weary, and to be a channel of God’s love in action.
The cost of uniforms, books, notebooks, calculators and supplies adds up quickly, but perhaps the most significant and often unaffordable item is the school backpack, a daily companion that needs to be strong enough to last the whole year, comfortable enough to protect their little backs, and large enough to carry every dream they take with them each morning on the way to school.
Join us in blessing the children of Sderot at this crucial moment in their lives, and let’s make sure that when they return to school, they do so not with worry or shame, but with joy, dignity, and a backpack full of hope.
