Talitha Kumi School
Where are they?
What do they do?
Who benefits?
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Beit Jala
Based on the gospel story (Mark 5:41) meaning to ‘get up’, the School aims to give courage and a hope to the outlook of its students.
900 students |
More Infomation:
Founded: 1851
Director: Dr Georg Duerr
Beginnings:
This Evangelical Lutheran School was founded in Jerusalem as a home for orphaned Arab girls, later developing into a girls’ boarding school. In 1961, the School moved to Beit Jala, a Christian village outside Bethlehem, and became co-educational in 1980.
Activities
- The School has an equal number of boys and girls. Many Christian families prefer to send their girls to single-sex schools but Talitha Kumi has such a good reputation that parents are prepared to allow their daughters to attend.
- The School teaches the government curriculum with an emphasis on languages, sport, art and vocational education. Students learn German as well as English from an early age.
- The School has excellent sports facilities including an indoor games hall – the only gymnasium of its kind in the West Bank.
- The students’ last two years at the School can be spent in academic studies or vocational training. They learn about all aspects of hotel management, from catering to business studies, and put their learning into practice at a guesthouse on site.
- Up to 50 girls board at the School, either because they do not live locally, or for economic and social reasons. The girls live in four ‘families’, each with a house mother, who helps and advises them in their studies and provides them with all the care and support they need.
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