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On his visit to Israel, Professor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the director-general of the Central Bank of Uganda, said, “I can’t think of a better role model for my country to follow than Israel. As far as I’m concerned, Israel provides a far better model for us than the US or Europe.”

Israeli students are unique. They go from high school into the army; then many get married, go to university, have children and get degrees. Weird sequence? This article by writer and childbirth expert Wendy Blumfield explains how it works. And it works very well.

The Israeli cabinet has approved extending free dental care for children (previously up to 10 years old) to the age of twelve. It includes examinations, x-rays, removing plaque, fluoride treatments, fillings, first aid, reconstructions, root canal, extractions, crowns, and other treatments.

The IDF holds drills each year with the US Armed Forces to practice how to extract injured victims from a collapsed building, to clear paths through debris and to navigate in the chaos that is left by a natural disaster.

Jewish Heart for Africa has used Israeli solar and agricultural technologies to assist rural villages in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi and Uganda. The technology serves 250,000 people and JHfA is shortly to complete its 57th project.

(Thanks to Stuart Palmer) The 1st Early Childhood Education training course took place in May in Accra. The MASHAV (Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation) program focuses on using proven Israeli knowledge and experience to train qualified teachers in Ghana with skill sets that focus on studying through play.

The inaugural Africa's Voices in Israel mission has arrived in Israel and features a delegation of Bank Governors from Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Zambia, Ghana and Swaziland. The tour will include Save A Child's Heart, where 40 percent of the patients are young children from Africa.

A quarter of a million Israeli 3-4 year-olds will benefit from the free education law in the coming year. The three-year plan has been implemented two years ahead of schedule. The cabinet also discussed Israeli Book Week and Hebrew literature, integration of minorities and natural gas.

Legendary actor Chaim Topol was one of several celebrities who inaugurated the 60-acre campus overlooking the Yavne’el valley in the Galilee. The village will provide respite for children with serious or life threatening illnesses and was the dream of Hollywood legend Paul Newman.

Haifa University’s 40th Meeting of the Board of Governors enjoyed a festive and exciting opening ceremony to celebrate “The Israeli Mosaic“. Nine honorary doctorates were conferred on people who have contributed to humanity and have made the world a better place.