Israel Active

Israel’s MASHAV Centre for International Co-operation has introduced drip irrigation to 700 farming families in Senegal. It means farmers can produce three crops a year instead of one.

Israel’s MASHAV has sent 360kg of medical supplies to Nairobi, to help treat casualties of the recent fuel-line explosion that killed more than a hundred people injured hundreds more.

Ghana and Israel have renewed their diplomatic relations some 38 years after mutual ties were severed, with the Israeli Embassy in Accra officially reopening last week.

Thirty-two Nigerian ex-militants were sent to the Galilee Institute in Israel, for a six months vocational program. They will attend a comprehensive course on agricultural skills, learning how to start agricultural farms and agricultural businesses.

Five of the world’s top bloggers, with a total of two million hits a month, were invited to Israel’s Technion. Watch this video, where they see and hear about Israel’s achievements at first hand.

Israel’s unique Hibuki (‘hug’ in Hebrew) trauma program will soon help Japanese children recover from the trauma of the tsunami. It is based on the principle that children who actively confront their stressful situations can alleviate their fears and better adapt to life after a trauma.

The Kenyan Ministry of Health has decided to adopt the model of the Terem emergency medical centres in Jerusalem, and set up a similar chain of clinics in Kenya.

Israel’s Adam Le’Adam has launched its backpackers program to develop small, profit-making organic farms for the poorest sections of the South Indian population.

82 Falash Mura (Ethiopian Jews who converted to Christianity to escape persecution) have asserted their Jewish ancestry and are immigrating to the Jewish State.

Jews, Muslims, and Christians from the Jerusalem-based Interfaith Centre for Sustainable Development held an Eco-forum to confront environmental degradation.