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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…
MDA saves an Australian athlete who collapses at Maccabiah Games.
Thanks to the quick intervention of the Magen David Adom team, the life of an Australian athlete at the 21st Maccabiah Games was saved! During a football match in Netanya between Australia and Colombia in the Masters’ Tournament for athletes 55 and over, the MDA team assigned to provide emergency medical coverage for the match…
MDA’s New Wish Ambulance Launched on a Special Voyage
7-year-old Rafael Yotam fulfilled his dream of becoming a captain on a navy ship. About four years ago, Rafael Yotam Cohen, who has cancer, fulfilled a dream using an MDA Wish Ambulance – and flew in an MDA-Lahak emergency helicopter in the southern skies of the country. Recently, Rafael Yotam’s rare illness returned for the…
Developing New Friendships
On September 26, The Friends of Magen David Adom NSW were invited to Parliament House to address a meeting of the Christian Worldview Forum hosted by parliamentarian, the Hon David Clarke MLC. Participants came from far and wide around the state to hear about Magen David Adom and its lifesaving work. The Hon David Clarke…
Annual Campaign 2017 – Choose Life
Our annual campaign events have once again received an overwhelming response and for this we are extremely grateful. Over 900 people attended our three events, culminating in our first Young MDA function. This event attracted over 430 young adults, many of whom have had little to no contact with our community. We sincerely thank our…
How MDA resuscitates four men in less than one hour.
On Wednesday, June 15, dozens of calls for medical help were made to Israel’s 101 emergency hotline in one hour. Of these, four were about men who suffered cardiac arrest and were resuscitated within minutes of each other. Each of them survived, thanks to fast and professional action by MDA and defibrillators. All 101 operators…