The three-week long ARDC Summer Camp has recently come to a close. An enthusiastic team of volunteers ensured 35 refugee
children had a summer to remember. The children, aged between 6 and 12
years old, were split into four smaller, managable groups based on
their ages. Daily activities began with games and crafts in the
neighborhood parks in south Tel Aviv which were followed by indoor activities at ARDC's office
during the hotter hours of the afternoon. Excursions included a hike
through the Yarkon Park, visits to the beach, Luna Park and a rock climbing and hop hop dancing lessons.
We would like to express our appreciation of the 30 volunteers who supported the
project and in particular Yahav Barnea, Yaeli Cohen and Ben Ilan for
their extraordinary efforts in leading the 2010 Summer Camp.
Further, we also warmly thank The Good People Fund for their ongoing support of this project.
The work of the ARDC is simply inspiring. We have seen the difference in the lives of the people they have touched and we are proud to support their humanitarian relief work. Their truly dedicated team of volunteers are determined to improve the situation for the refugee community in Israel and bit by bit they are succeeding.
- UNHCR Israel
I have no doubt that a great deal of the progress in the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in Israel has been achieved by the passion and hard work of those working for the ARDC.
- Ben, ARDC volunteer
The ARDC has played a crucial role in providing emergency humanitarian assistance to refugees, including shelters, food, clothing and other essentials. They are a focal point for refugees ...
- Shevy Korzen, Executive Director of Hotline for Migrant Workers
We think ARDC is doing critically important work, and we were happy to have partnered with them.
- Hekdesh
The Good People Fund supports the outstanding humanitarian work begun by Yohannes Bayu and his dedicated staff and volunteers.
- Naomi Eisenberger, The Good People Fund
One of the lessons of the Holocaust is that it is incumbent on all of us to help those fleeing genocide, torture and mass rape, wherever it is happening in the world. We support ARDC because they are at the forefront of this effort in Israel, helping thousands with nowhere else to turn.
- Allen Katzoff, Anonymous foundation in Boston, Massachusetts
My time teaching English to adult refugees has been both challenging and exteremely rewarding. When my class started, only one of my students could write their name in English and none could recognize their names. Now, four weeks later, they are reading and writing with confidence!
- Aminah, ARDC volunteer
I am writing these few lines to express my gratitude towards the assistance and help that I received from this organization. ... My Hebrew has progress significantly. ... I started communicating with my Israeli neighbors directly, instead of having my friends do it for me. I can read the traffic boards and also the store boards.
- Abdel, Central African Republic
We hate being dependent on other people. We came here because of genocide, or political instability, or to escape a totalitarian regime. We didn’t come here in search of a better life, but to preserve life itself.