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Yad Sarah

Yad Sarah, the leading volunteer-staffed organization in Israel, provides a vital array of compassionate health and home-care services for people of all ages. Founded in 1976, Yad Sarah has 126 branches throughout Israel staffed by more than 7,000 volunteers. Although the organization is best known for its extensive lending service for medical equipment, its volunteers also drive wheelchair-accessible vans, reach out to the homebound, advocate for the elderly at risk for abuse, provide in-home geriatric dental care, staff its play center and more.

Volunteers and participants share stories of resilience, memory and hope in the Jewish Quarter, with special stop at the Western Wall.
The opening comes at a time “when the need for short- and long-term rehabilitation, outpatient and emotional support is greater than ever,” said CEO Moshe Cohen.
Volunteers nationwide have been stepping up to keep branches operational.
“Volunteering was something Rabbi Avi truly believed in and embodied,” said Erez Hazom, a 12th-grader at Himmelfarb who participated in the initiative this year and last.
After the terror attack on July 27 that killed 12 children, Yad Sarah is helping residents of Majdal Shams, where the organization recently opened a branch.
Dozens of youth volunteers from local high schools were present at the entrance to Mount Herzl in Jerusalem and Kiryat Shaul in Tel Aviv.
In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the organization rapidly mobilized and has been massively expanding the activity of its over 120 branches and dozens of volunteer-led services.
The initiative is part of the Israeli NGO’s country-wide Emergency Wartime Relief Campaign, extending life-saving medical and rehabilitation support from the homefront to home care.