{"id":12106,"date":"2021-02-19T16:20:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T21:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/?p=12106"},"modified":"2021-02-19T16:20:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T21:20:41","slug":"christian-values-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/christian-values-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Values in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Laura Schau-Tarazi is the grants and reports writer for CNEWA\u2019s Jerusalem office.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community service and volunteerism are values diligently promoted among Christian youth in the Holy Land.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVolunteering as a math mentor helps schoolchildren understand the foundations of arithmetic and also helps me understand my field a little better, which is great,\u201d says Marina Saba, a third-year Palestinian Christian university student, who is majoring in accounting at Al Azhar University in the Gaza Strip.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She and four other female Christian university students volunteer a few hours each week at the Rosary Sisters School, a Catholic school operated by the Rosary Sisters in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Englishsession96-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A volunteer prepares English language resources for her tutoring session\" class=\"wp-image-111426\"\/><figcaption>A scholarship recipient prepares English language resource materials for her volunteer tutoring session at the Rosary Sisters School in Gaza. (photo: Courtesy of CNEWA-Pontifical Mission, Jerusalem)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The women are scholarship recipients of CNEWA-Pontifical Mission\u2019s Christian Student Scholarship Program, funded by CNEWA, the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Holland) and Friends of the Holy Land-UK. The scholarship program has provided top high school graduates with full scholarships since 2011. This year, the program has 42 scholarship recipients attending several Gaza universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each week, the five women provide academic support in the school\u2019s English, math and French classes, either by helping teachers in the classroom or organizing small group tutoring sessions, especially for those students struggling to catch up with their peers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frenchclass85-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A volunteer teaches a lesson on French verbs at Rosary Sisters School in Gaza\" class=\"wp-image-111428\"\/><figcaption>A scholarship recipient writes French verbs on a smart board during a volunteer tutoring session with students at Rosary Sisters School in Gaza. (photo: Courtesy CNEWA-Pontifical Mission, Jerusalem)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosary Sister Nabila, the principal of the school, was thrilled with the idea, especially as outbreaks of COVID-19 in Gaza had forced all institutions, including schools, to close in 2020, upending the school year. As a result, many students have fallen behind academically and teachers have limited capacities. Moreover, daily electrical outages and rising poverty levels have hindered online learning at home, widening the education gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe school door is open,\u201d says Sister Nabila. \u201cI am so happy to see our university students reach out to our younger students. It helps the younger ones get the necessary support they need, especially at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haneen Jildah, another scholarship recipient majoring in business administration, volunteers in the English classes each week, reading or playing games in English with the students. With Haneen\u2019s gentle guidance, the children are now speaking and reading better in English, while having fun.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a rewarding experience to know that I can give something back to the children through my own knowledge of the English language,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/games12-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A volunteer teaches students at Rosary Sisters School language skills through games\" class=\"wp-image-111429\"\/><figcaption>A volunteer helps students at the Rosary Sisters School in Gaza improve their English language skills through play. (photo: Courtesy CNEWA-Pontifical Mission, Jerusalem)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Schau-Tarazi is the grants and reports writer for CNEWA\u2019s Jerusalem office. Community service and volunteerism are values diligently promoted among Christian youth in the Holy Land.&nbsp; \u201cVolunteering as a math mentor helps schoolchildren understand the foundations of arithmetic and also helps me understand my field a little better, which is great,\u201d says Marina Saba, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/christian-values-in-action\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":12107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,68,2131],"class_list":["post-12106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-stores-from-the-field","category-holy-land"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christian Values in Action | CNEWA Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/christian-values-in-action\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christian Values in Action\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Laura Schau-Tarazi is the grants and reports writer for CNEWA\u2019s Jerusalem office. 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