Heroes For Life

Heroes for life

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Heroes for Life

About Us

Heroes for Life” is an Israeli organization working to leverage the vast infrastructure of 400,000 of Israeli released soldiers traveling to developing countries every decade in order to leverage this great opportunity and create humanitarian volunteer work in these countries as part of the Israeli veterans “post army trip” and by that, showing the real face of Israel and its spirit around the globe

 

Who We Are

The organization was established in 2013 by three discharged officers that served together in “Duvdevan”, an elite Israeli anti-terror unit. After his military service, Gili, one of the three officers went on his “post-army trip” to Thailand and was amazed by the vast number of Israeli travelers to one of the poorest countries in the world. The idea was born during a Shabbat dinner in a Chabad house in Ko-Samui, an island in southern Thailand where he was present with over 1200 Israeli backpackers. Gili thought that if many of those Israeli backpackers dedicated two weeks of their “big post-army trip” to humanitarian volunteering, we could use it to show the beautiful face of Israel to the world and make our world a better place. We believe that there is no justification for the fact that Israel, along with Pakistan and Iran, was ranked among the countries with the most negative impact on the world (BBC 2012). Furthermore, we believe that this action of “Tikkun Olam” is part of who we are as Jews and thus constitutes a central element in the Jewish DNA.

 

The Vision

By the end of 2025, the organization will send 25 humanitarian missions to 25 developing countries each year, while leveraging the infrastructure for backpackers that already exists in these countries. The organization will be known to all IDF veterans and will brand Israel as a world leader in the field of humanitarian aid. As part of the association’s alumni organization, thousands of graduates will be recruited to participate in significant volunteer work in Israel.
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HFL in numbers

7120
Children assisted
2000
Our alumni
17
Countries each year
10
Years of activity

 

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The Advisory Board

Major General (Res.) Eliezer Shakdi

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Mr. Peter Kadosh

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MR. GADI MAZOR

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Justice (retired) Ayala Procaccia

 Former Justice | The Supreme Court of Israel

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Mr. Tzvika Michaeli

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Mr. David Morris

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Mrs. Anat Friedman

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Mr. Michael Aharon

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Mr. Peter Sugarman

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Mr. Alon Futterman

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The Management

Gili Cohen

Founder & CEO

Education:
L.L.B Law on behalf of the Ofek program for IDF officers
M.A. Public Policy, Tel Aviv University
Directors course, The Hebrew University.

Military Service:
Duvdevan Unit
Major (Res.)

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Yair Attias

VP

education:
L.L.B Law on behalf of the Ofek program for IDF officers
Directors course on behalf of the Hebrew University.
Graduated from  'PUM' official IDF officers course,

Military Service:
Duvdevan Unit
Major (Res.)

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saar Benmenashe

VP

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Boaz Malkieli

Director of volunteering - Israel

education:
Bachelor's degree in building engineering from the College of Management.

Military Service:
EGOZ unit
Major (Res.)

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Ayelet Avda

Fundraising

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Adi Goldberg

Chief Training Coordinator

education:

Special education student in Tel Hai.

Military Service:

Medical officer. Captain in response.

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Shahar Marcovich

Foreign Relations

education:
Bachelor's degree in physics at the Hebrew University.
M.B.A. in Business Administration Tel Aviv University.

Military Service:
R&D officer. Capt. in resp.

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Roey Rahamim

Head of programs abroad

education:

B.A in Business Administration at IDC

Military Service:

SMP in Nahal Battalion 932. Captain in response.

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