This page is being updated frequently with photos and information regarding the construction of YRF's new stand-alone English learning facility in Ramla. Please check back regularly to track our progress.   If you are interested in contributing to the costs of the center's construction and maintenance, please visit our donate page and indicate that your gift is in memory of Ethan Freed in the field provided.   Established in loving memory of Ethan Harrison Freed (1993-2006), the EHFLC is expected to open in fall 2010 and will have the capacity to instruct as many as 200 disadvantaged Israeli students at one time, eventually serving 5,000 students annually. Children of all ages and ethnicities will study here together, and teachers from the city's public schools will be trained to use the center's resources. For more information about the center's function and the story of its namesake, please click here.

The site of the Ethan Freed Learning Center is shown to the right of this photo, taken in January 2008 upon YRF's signing of a partnership contract with the municipality of Ramla to create the center.	After a considerable selection process, YRF hired an architecture firm. The design of the 2-story facility was modified and refined over several months to best fit the needs of the community.
Taken on December 22, 2009, a few weeks after construction began, this photo shows the initial concrete works for the first story's outer walls being erected.	Also taken on December 22, this photo shows an interior detail of the concrete works of the EHFLC's outer walls.
Jaunary 7: Construction of the EHFLC skeleton works for the ground floor.	January 7: Detail of the skeleton works' construction for ground floor.
March 3: Exterior view of north facade, showing construction of second floor.	March 3: Interior view of second floor showing the division of classroom space and the multimedia room.
March 3: Interior view of second floor classroom.	March 3: Interior view of the ground floor; this space will become the main computer lab in the Center.
March 14: Exterior view of the north facade, showing the erecting of porch support columns and finishing works.	March 14: Exterior view of the west facade.
March 14: Detail of the north facade.	March 14: Distance view showing the northwest corner of the building.
March 24: Detail of finished first floor interior walls.	March 24: Detail of finished second floor interior walls.
March 31: Detail of the north facade with finished columns.	March 31: Interior view of second floor restrooms.
March 31: Exterior view of west facade.	March 31: Distance view showing the north facade.
May 12: Distance view showing the completed northwest corner of the building.	May 12: Close-up view of the north facade and steps.
May 12: Interior view of the first floor main classroom space.	May 12: Interior view of the second floor classroom space.
May 12: Interior view showing both floors in the main atrium.	May 12: Detail of the southwest corner.