Two Acre high schools of at-risk youth — one Jewish and one Arab — have joined together to help bring donations of coats, blankets and clothes to survivors of the recent devastating earthquake in Turkey.
The schools gathered 10 tons of aid, which have been flown to the quake-hit regions in southeast Turkey.
The Arab Technological School – Ort Acre school led the charge on collecting the aid, and Manof Youth Village joined in to help sort and package the donations.
The cooperation between the schools is part of a project to connect Jews and Arabs.
Ashra Issa of Ort, who spearheaded the project, tells AcoNet: “The response was staggering. We received… huge amounts of blankets and coats of varying sizes, which is what is needed and was requested, as well as clothes for young children that will be handed over to orphanages.”
The effort took place under “Am-Adam” (People of Humanity) Project, an educational project established a few years ago to encourage personal contact between Arab and Jewish pupils.
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