Packed it all in on Monday. After a late night in Tel Aviv we had some great sessions about social media networking. We also had a speaker come in to talk about his Organization ISRAAID. Shachar wants to show a specific side of Israel which is counter to what is primarily portrayed in the media. His organization supports vulnerable populations in crisis around the world. It has operated in 29 countries and has ongoing programs in 14 countries. For example, he sent out a team to teach Haitians how to utilize agriculture and make profit.
After a lunch on the beach, our next stop was the Peres Center for Peace which was founded by Shimon Peres himself in 1996. The goal of this center is to create peace between Jews and Arabs or Palestinians and Israelis. They save Palestinian children through their medical branch which is really cool. IDF soldiers that were injured in Gaza were treated by Palestinian doctors which is hard to wrap your head around but is also really cool. They have programs where Palestinian and Israeli highschool students work together and organize soccer leagues.
Afterward, we went to the Microsoft office and learned about all of the innovation that Israel has put forward. Amazing how such a young country has contributed so much in 67 years.
Our final stop of the day was to a place called Brothers for Life which is a center for an organization which helps post army soldiers connect In order to deal with post traumatic stress disorder. The soldier who started the organization told us his story about how he got injured and how he lives with the stress every single day.
Throughout the day the theme that stuck out to me was a theme of progress and moving forward. That's the Israeli way of life. It goes on.
Some pics
The irony
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