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Entries Tagged as 'Humanitarian'

Fighting for Disabled Israeli Children

July 6th, 2010 · No Comments

By Lauren Kramer
It’s incredible when you see people rise from experiences of extreme tragedy and create good things in the world instead of wallowing in their pain.
Israeli Maj.-Gen. Doron Almog was in Toronto in June to further his fight for Aleh, an Israeli network of residential facilities for kids with severe physical and cognitive abilities.

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Canadian Ace Pilot Remembered Decades After Flying for Israel

June 28th, 2010 · No Comments

By Adam Michael Segal
He was a Christian from Canada who never set foot in Israel, yet is still remembered and honoured by the Holy Land more than 60 years since he died. And why you may ask?
Well, George “Buzz” Beurling lost his life trying to help Israel survive shortly after it declared independence in 1948.
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Canadians volunteering for Israeli non-profit Save a Child’s Heart

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments

By Lauren Kramer
This summer 40 students and young professionals from across Canada will be traveling to Israel to volunteer at Save A Child’s Heart  (SACH) house in Azur, just outside Tel Aviv. SACH is an Israeli-based non-profit providing urgent life-saving cardiac surgery for infants and children from under-privileged areas at no cost. Physicians working [...]

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Tags: Health & Science · Humanitarian · Lauren Kramer