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MDA Main Function Sunday Night
A capacity crowd joined together for NSW Friends of Magen David Adom main campaign on Sunday night 31st July at the InterContinental Hotel in Double Bay. Over 350 people were moved to tears, brought to their feet and most importantly, united in support of the incredible work done by Magen David Adom in Israel. There…
Foreign MDA volunteers reflect on saving lives in Israel.
The Jerusalem Post — Magen David Adom’s Overseas Volunteer Program held its annual ceremony on Thursday, July 21, with 158 foreign volunteers in attendance, half of whom had completed the June program and the rest about to begin their ambulance shifts. After 10 days of extensive training, the volunteers are deployed on ambulances and provide support —both physical…
Saved from death as a baby, saving lives today.
One night 24 years ago when he was one year old, Moshe Biton’s parents came into his room to find him unable to breathe and his skin turned completely blue. They rushed him to the MDA station near their home in Hatzor HaGlilit in northern Israel. Ronen Kadosh, then a young EMT at MDA, started…
“One cannot imagine Israel’s medical system without Magen David Adom,” says health minister
Israel’s Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz visited the MDA National Command and Control Centre in Kiryat Ono on Thursday morning. The minister met with MDA Director-General Eli Bin who shared the challenges MDA faces daily, how Covid has compounded them, and the lifesaving organization’s solutions to overcoming them. The minister viewed a presentation by Chief Information…
Thomas Bakker – Participant MDA Overseas Volunteer Program
Having had the opportunity to participate in the May ‘Basic First -Aid Course’ this year, I could not recommend this experience more highly to anyone willing to put themselves out of their comfort zone. I came to Israel not knowing anyone, the language or the culture. And not being Jewish, I could not have stood…
