With the Bethlehem children behind the wall
Lars Micael Adrian is editor of the Swedish Jerusalem Association's journal and has been involved in the association for many years. He will tell about Den Gode Herdens school in Bethlehem, which is a private school without government support owned by the Swedish Jerusalem Association. The school has teaching from a six-year program up to the matriculation degree along the lines of humanities and natural sciences. The over 300 Palestinian students at Den Gode Herden's Swedish school in Bethlehem are taught by well-trained native teachers, some of whom were students at the school themselves. The students at the school have been among the best in the West Bank in their exams for several years. A local school committee manages the day-to-day work. The Swedish Jerusalem Association is in regular contact with the school management.
The school is popular, which means that the number of applications far exceeds the number of students that can be accepted. Ability to study - and not financial opportunity - is the basis for selection. The Swedish financial support is therefore of decisive importance for the entire school's existence. Approximately SEK 1,8 million, voluntarily collected funds and sponsorship fees, are sent every year from Sweden.
Lars Micael Adrian has worked as a journalist, teacher, principal and manager, among other things, at the Church of Sweden in Malmö
We meet in Allhelgonagården.