Yad Sarah

 
 

Yad Sarah, the largest voluntary organization in Israel, provides a spectrum of free or nominal cost services designed to make life easier for sick, disabled and elderly people and their families. Today, only 26 years after it was founded, Yad Sarah has 95 branches throughout Israel run by some 6,000 volunteers, and saves the Israeli economy about $300 million a year in hospitalization and medical costs. Yad Sarah's mission is to keep the ill and the elderly in their homes and out of institutions as long as possible. Home care in the natural environment of the family is most conducive to healthy recuperation, both physically and emotionally. It also costs both family and State much less. Yad Sarah's best-known service is the lending of medical and rehabilitative equipment on a short-term basis free of charge to anyone who needs it - from a stock of over 250,000 items, from crutches and wheelchairs to oxygen concentrators and electronic monitors. In addition, Yad Sarah provides a wide range of other services, including transportation and day care centers for the disabled, drop-in centers and minimum-charge dental clinics for the elderly, personal computerized emergency alarms monitored 24 hours a day, and guidance/exhibition centers which help disabled people choose the assistive devices most suited to their needs. The organization also provides equipment and services for new mothers, infants, recently discharged hospital patients and others in need, and a wide range of volunteer-run creative, recreational and rehabilitative activities for homebound people. Yad Sarah’s annual operating budget is financed almost completely by donations, over 70 percent of which are raised within Israel. No government assistance is received. One out of two Israeli families has been helped by Yad Sarah. Over 325,000 Israelis use its services yearly.

Yad Sarah visit to Panama
Panama, Late 2007
Mr. Meir Handelsman, Director of External Professional Relations at Yad Sarah traveled to Panama to undertake a study mission to assess the establishment of the first Yad Sarah in the country.


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Yad Sarah Mission Trains Rehabilitation Professionals in Minsk
Belarus, December 30, 2007
Spearheading a mission to Belarus, a trio of Yad Sarah team of health professionals shared their expertise with local health workers at an intensive two-day seminar in Minsk.


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Yad Sarah fun day for Darfur kids
Jerusalem, July 12, 2007
Despite the difficulty in communicating with the children, it became apparent that through playing and pleasure, it is possible to overcome all hurdles. The children played on all the various facilities in the playroom. This playroom is normally used by special needs children.
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Israeli group to assist Muslim countries in Africa
Senegal and Mauritania , February 5, 2007
Two large Muslim countries in Africa, Senegal and Mauritania have shown a wide interest in the activities of the Jerusalem based aid organization Yad Sarah.


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Israeli aid group to assist in El Salvador, South Korea and Turkey
Worldwide, December 4, 2006
Yad Sarah teams have traveled the world to provide Israeli expertize on lending medical equipments and workshops for the maintenance of these items.


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Israeli aid group Yad Sarah to send expert to advice El Salvadorian Government
El Salvador, November 13 - 20, 2006
Yad Sarah to aid El Salvador government.


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Yad Sarah to send experts to Istanbul
Turkey, June 19 - 22, 2006
Israeli aid group sends specialists to offer assistance to Turkish aid group.


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Yad Sarah to train governmental officials in South Korea
South Korea, May 22 – 26, 2006
Yad Sarah the Israeli Jerusalem based aid organization was invited to perform training sessions to government officials in South Korea.


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Jerusalem Mayors' Conference Visits Yad Sarah
Jerusalem, May 17, 2006
Mayor Bill Purcell of Nashville, Tennesee, called Yad Sarah's operation a "model for the world".


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Turkish Health Minister Tours Yad Sarah
Jerusalem, June 8th, 2005
On Wednesday, June 8th the Turkish Health Minister H.E. Recep Akdag and his wife Mrs. Seyda Akdag toured Yad Sarah in order to consider adopting Yad Sarah's unique concept to Ankara.


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Israeli ‘Home Care’ Model Presented to South Korean Delegation
Jerusalem, Israel, November 25, 2004
A delegation of professionals from South Korea, arrived in Israel for a study tour of Yad Sarah’s home care program with the hope of duplicating it for South Korea's elderly population.


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U.N. Public Information Department Recognizes Yad Sarah
Jerusalem, Israel, 27th of January 2004
The Department of Public Information (DPI) of the United Nations has approved Israeli medical equipment lending association Yad Sarah for association with the department. Of 26 NGOs (non-governmental organizations) approved this year, Yad Sarah is the only one from the Middle East.
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Yad Sarah Aiding People Angola
Angola , July 2002
Yad Sarah offers its knowledge and assistance to the ICRC in helping train local staff, transfer primary rehabilitation and medical equipment and more in order to help treat hundreds of thousands of people injured by land mines in Angola.
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Yad Sarah - MASHAV - Cameroon Cooperation
Yad Sarah bring various handicapped aids


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YAD SARAH BACKGROUND ON GLOBAL ACTIVITIES
Yad Sarah provides assistance in Former Soviet Union, Cameroon, Angola and more.


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Organization:
Yad Sarah

Population served:
Israeli population and around the world

Languages:
Hebrew, English

Area of Focus:
home care , community health and welfare, voluntarism

Location of Activities:
Israel , Worldwide

Contact Person:
Meir Handelsman

Office Address:
124 Herzl Blvd. Jerusalem 96187

Phone:
00-972–2-6444660

Fax:
00-972–2-6444564

Email:
meirh@yadsarah.org.il

Link To

Yad Sarah WebSite


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