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Tech accelerator Startup Negev harnesses entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation in the desert to make it part of the high-tech revolution.

Chairman of the US President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities plans to implement revolutionary program based on Israel’s successful model.

After a fire destroyed a refugee camp housing 12,000 people, the WHO recruited Dr. Elhanan Bar-On to help set up healthcare services in new camp.

Rather than join post-army buddies on world travels, in 1994 Shachar Zahavi embarked on a career of providing humanitarian aid from Israel.

In coordination with the government, Israeli Flying Aid and the AJC donated PPE, tents, sprayers and more in response to a plea from Chad’s president.

IsraAID water, sanitation and hygiene experts install water infrastructure in Latano, whose previous system broke down four decades ago.

Out on the street in Israel, there’s real excitement about the new UAE-Bahrain Abraham Accords. As most agree, it’s a great start.

For five years IsraAID has been helping Syrian, Iraqi and Afghani refugees in Lesbos. This week the camp burned down, and 12,000 are homeless.

Cross-continental meeting of Israeli and American charitable organization leaders seeks to develop best practices for present and future crises.

As the reality of the new school year begins to sink in for kids, three professionals offer constructive ideas for countering the effects of the uncertainty and confusion that Covid sows.

Lionel Messi becomes OrCam Technologies Ambassador to advocate for technology-enabled accessibility for the blind and visually impaired community.

As wildfires burn more fiercely across the globe, Israeli experts work with other countries to implement prevention, detection, firefighting and rehab strategies.

The Hatzolah Air CityHawk, which is smaller than a helicopter and can land on a pavement, will be able to transport a patient plus a companion, two EMTs and a pilot, along with life support equipment.

The Kuchinate art collective empowers asylum-seeking women and helps locals get to know who they really are.

Following a wave of wildfires in northern California with no end in sight, Israel sends expertise and hands-on help.