Star for Life Jerusalem

Involvements

Star for Life Jerusalem

Star for Life Jerusalem is a foundation whose vision is to promote sustainable development for the people of East Jerusalem through various initiatives. Our mission is to develop, finance, and implement programmes targeting education, employment, IT skills development, and IT entrepreneurship. 

We started our activities in January 2022, when Dr. Reda Mansour, a seasoned and skilled diplomat, became Star for Life Jerusalem’s first employee. We continued to recruit staff throughout the year, and at the end of September Christin and Dan Olofsson inaugurated our new office, which is staffed by 17 energetic employees, mostly women from East Jerusalem. 

We have also launched three different programmes. The first was launched in September at Al-Tur and Ibn Khaldun schools. They are two of four pilot schools where we are testing out an adapted programme for social and emotional learning developed by Motivationslyftet and Star for Life in Sweden. 

Our second programme, “The Job Hub”, helps young adults find jobs. It has seen a good start and 100 people have already found employment thanks to the programme. The goal is to help 3,000 people find jobs over the next five years. The Job Hub will also support SMEs in their expansion and facilitate their hiring of more young people.

The third programme is an IT training project that provides training courses for young people with an academic background in IT. The aim is to improve their chances of finding skilled jobs in this growing sector and also, to strengthen the Tech ecosystem in East Jerusalem. To succeed in Jerusalem, we will take a long-term approach – just as we always do when undertaking a new commitment. And we hope that through our initiatives and programmes, we can help sow the seeds of hope for a better, safer, and more stable future.

Read more about Star for Life Jerusalem in the yearbook

Involvements

Star for Life 

Through a unique school program, Star for Life's coaches help youth in southern Africa build self-esteem, motivate them to invest in their education and make wise life decisions.

Motivationslyftet

Motivationslyftet is a part of Star for Life's operations in Sweden that offers self-leadership educational programs to students from middle school to high school in various schools across Sweden.

FC Rosengård

FC Rosengård has one of Sweden's best and most well-merited women's football teams. The team had a historic 2022, winning the Damallsvenskan and Swedish Cup and competing in the Champions League.

Uppstart Malmö

Uppstart Malmö was founded in 2011 by Dan Olofsson and Luciano Astudillo. They firmly believe that entrepreneurship creates jobs, which in turn reduces segregation and exclusion.

Swedes for Ukraine 

Swedes for Ukraine is a digital platform, developed in record time, that connects Ukrainian refugees in Sweden in need of accommodation with Swedes who have accommodation to offer.

Utfallsfonden

Utfallsfonden funds organizations that offer solutions that create measurable improvements within health, well-being, education, the labour market, integration, housing, and security.

Bitprop

Bitprop enables landowners to transform their properties into profitable assets, believing that entrepreneurship provides both immediate and long-term sustainable solutions.

Project Kaxås 

Project Kaxås invests in young families who want to relocate to a scenic countryside and change their lifestyle. The project aims to counteract centralization and preserve the Kaxås rural school.

Thanda Foundation Trust

Thanda Foundation Trust contributes to the socio-economic, educational and developmental needs of the tribal communities adjacent to Thanda Safari in the Umkhanyekde District in South Africa.

Expect a Better Tomorrow Foundation

Every year, the Expect a Better Tomorrow Foundation launches an initiative to highlight a problem, an injustice, aiming to contribute to a better tomorrow. For someone, for some, or for all.

Special Olympics Sweden 

Special Olympics Sweden offers wide-ranging, recreational athletic activities for people with intellectual disabilities, aiming to give everyone a chance to have an active life, regardless of ability.

Hugos Stiftelse & Glädjeruset

Through, among other things, the Glädjeruset races, Hugos Stiftelse raises funds to support associations that promote an active life and better health for children and youth with disabilities.

Emerging Cooking Solutions

Emerging Cooking Solutions has developed a stove that burns waste biomass pellets instead of charcoal. This reduces the extensive climate impact and deaths caused by cooking over smoky fires.

Jewish Community of Malmö

The Jewish Congregation of Malmö welcomes Jews of all ages, lifestyles, and backgrounds. They have a rich offering of Jewish culture, events, religious services, kosher cuisine, and Jewish education.

The Swedish Committee against anti-semitism

The Swedish Committee against antisemitism is a religiously and politically independent organization whose purpose and focus is to counter antisemitism and racism through knowledge, information, and opinion formation.

Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum

Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum is an independent research foundation that initiates and conducts policy-relevant research on entrepreneurship, innovation, small businesses, regeneration, and growth.

Offerdals SK

Offerdal Ski Club is the village's club for the village's people. The Ski Club is actually a sports club with the aim of promoting and conducting sports activities across the municipality.

Offerdals Spelmanslag

Offerdals Spelmanslag has been performing its music across the world since 1985, including the USA, Russia, and South Africa. But most often, at stage performances at home in Jämtland.

RFK Human Rights

RFK Human Rights is an organization dedicated to preserving the memory of Robert F. Kennedy, continuing his work to fight oppression, and promoting a more just and peaceful world.

UWC Dilijan College

Dilijan College in Armenia is a member of the UWC organization, which aims to use education as a tool to bring people, nations and cultures together for a peaceful and socially sustainable future.