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In recent weeks, Israelis breathed a collective sign of relief as the country’s world-leading vaccination initiative brought Covid infection rates down and enabled the country to dramatically reduce pandemic restrictions. However, the return to some semblance of normal life didn’t last long. By today, Israeli lives were once again in danger in the form of…
Schools colouring in competition
Board Members, Allyson Small and Melissa McCurdie co-ordinated a very successful colouring in competition for the Jewish Day Schools in October with very colourful results. Thank you to the wonderful schools and students who showed enthusiasm, skill and support for MDA Israel! It was difficult to choose the winners from the hundreds of fantastic entries…
First aid for MDA members
Magen David Adom held its first free First Aid Course for Members on Wednesday May 12 at the Emanuel Synagogue.
Wish Ambulance fulfills a boy’s dream to go horseback riding again.
Idan Yaron, a boy with special needs near Haifa, Israel, recently celebrated his 17th birthday. Idan loves horses and horseback riding had become very therapeutic for him. However, the equestrian center he used to visit closed when coronavirus started and has not reopened. “I decided I would try to surprise Idan by contacting Magen David…
NSW donates ambulance and 23 medicycles to MDA Israel
This November, MDA Israel celebrated the acquisition of 13 new ambulances and MICUs as well as 41 first responder motorbikes. Amongst these were an amazing 23 new first responder medicycles and one ambulance, donated entirely by the Friends of MDA of NSW at the idyllic Tulip Winery in Tivon, Israel. The boutique, communal winery was…
MDA launches National Defibrillator Awareness Day in Israel
Magen David Adom inaugurated National Defibrillator Awareness Day in Israel on Tuesday, February 22nd. All week, MDA staff and volunteers are hosting CPR and defibrillator training throughout the country in malls, parks, and other public spaces In Israel, some 8,000 cardiac deaths occur each year, and about half happen outside of hospitals. MDA is working…