From Bi’ina, Wadi Salameh and Tamra:
70 new EMTs joined Magen David Adom
Four MDA courses were held in Bi’ina, Wadi Salameh and Tamra, and 70 EMTs and ambulance drivers were trained and will begin volunteering in Magen David Adom in their communities.
olunteers, for joining the Red Cross as well. Today you join more than 13 million Red Cross volunteers in the world"
The four courses were held as part of the Outreach Community project, which is shared by MDA and the Red Cross delegation in Israel, and the Red Cross funds the training of Magen David Adom in various communities in Israel.
Rashid Ghanaim (35) from Sakhnin is a professional sailor, and he works as a diving and sailing instructor on Achziv Beach and on the beach in Acre. For years, Rashid dreamed of completing medical training and saving lives, and he has now completed an emergency medicine course for Magen David Adom, he will join MDA medical teams working on the organization's sea-bulance in the Sea of Galilee. “For more than 10 years I’m a sea man and very much like my work on beaches and water. It is a privilege for me to volunteer as an EMT in Magen David Adom, Israel's national rescue organization, and I am particularly pleased to be able to save lives on the Sea of Galilee by using the MDA Sea Bulance"
"In the three years since the project began, there has been a significant increase in demand among members of different communities in Israel and in the North in particular who are interested in taking part in it and being qualified as EMTs and first aid providers in Magen David Adom," said Asaf Chen, Outreach community project coordinator, "With the completion of the four courses, MDA is joined by 70 EMTs who are committed to the value of assistance to the victims and saving lives."
"I am always very excited to meet new volunteers, especially young people, because volunteering is a fundamental principle of the Red Cross and serves as the basis for the activities of every national organization such as Magen David Adom, for the benefit of the community and society," said Agatha Strucker, Deputy Director of the ICRC Delegation in Israel. "I am also very happy to see that so many women are finishing the MDA EMT course, and I would like to congratulate them, and of course all the seventy new MDA volunteers, for joining the Red Cross as well. Today you join more than 13 million Red Cross volunteers in the world"
