Israel Active

"TechCamp Tel Aviv", held at Kfar Maccabiah, brought Jewish-Israeli and Arab-Israeli civil society organizations together under the theme of women's empowerment with the focus on education and entrepreneurship.

The parks and streets of Jerusalem were full of Jews and Arabs united in one cause – raising money and awareness for the treatment of breast cancer. The second Komen Race for the Cure was led by Jerusalem’s Mayor Barkat, US Ambassador Dan Shapiro and Senator Joe Lieberman and their wives, of course.

The Hebrew University in Jerusalem hosted 12 European Ambassadors on 8th May to mark Europe Day, an annual celebration of peace and unity in Europe.

Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon met with South Sudan’s Minister of Agriculture, Betty Ogwaro at Agritech 2012 in Tel Aviv. Together they decided to promote the establishment of an agricultural village in South Sudan which will be constructed based on Israeli methods and technologies and will serve as a model for other villages in the future.

USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance has given the maximum grant from its global fund for disabled people to the Persons with Disabilities Initiative in Montenegro, implemented by World ORT’s International Cooperation division.

Israel’s Environmental Protection Agency recently launched a free online game and iphone application called Thinking Green, aimed at promoting eco-conscious consumerism. It is available in English, Hebrew, Arabic and Russian.

Israel's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, together with telecom company Bezeq, have launched a new call centre inside a local mosque. Now, dozens of women from one Bedouin town are earning a competitive salary without breaking societal norms.

This Israeli video from the Together Project, features deaf and hearing-impaired people of different races and religions dancing and signing in unison to Me’ir Banai’s “Shafshaf’s song”.

Senior Investment Officer at the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation, Ruzgar Barisik said, “Israel is a very exciting place for us: market interest in a growing number of Israeli technologies makes this a very promising area we want to be part of.”

On the 60th anniversary celebration of the Israeli Foundation for Handicapped Children, please read how Israel gives hope to less fortunate members of society. Note its work with Down’s syndrome, spinal cord injuries, Alzheimer’s sufferers and the victims of Chernobyl.