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A Year After Quake, Israelis Still Helping Nepal Recover

May 24, 2016

Israeli NGOs were among the first to arrive after the disaster and are among the last to leave, running a variety of programs in stricken areas. April 25, 2015, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter sca...

African, Asian Students Studying Agriculture Abroad in Israel

Sarah Pritzker

May 20, 2016

Innovation

The Israeli desert isn’t just sprouting some unprecedented produce in the miracle soil across its plains; it's growing some of the finest agriculturists and agronomists this generation has ever seen. In an atte...

Life Is Better in Majuli Since An Israeli Came to Visit

Micha Gefen

May 19, 2016

Innovation

She didn’t speak their language, but that didn’t stop Gili Navon from befriending and assisting the women of a remote island tribe in northeast India. (Originally published on Israel21c.org) Gili Navon di...

7 Israeli Robots That Are Transforming Surgery

Micha Gefen

May 16, 2016

Innovation

The rapidly emerging field of robot-assisted surgery promises to revolutionize how doctors operate. Israel is one of the world leaders in this field. (Originally published on Israel21c.org) Robotic or rob...

NAMPO 2016 – Israeli Agro-Technologies Solving South African Farmer Woes

Sarah Pritzker

May 12, 2016

Innovation

Israel is no stranger to drought, famine, and other issues that come from living in a desert climate with little room for improvement. As such, Israeli agribusiness are constantly developing better and more adv...

Israeli Non-Profit is Saving Lives by the Millions

Sarah Pritzker

May 9, 2016

Innovation

We all want to make a difference in the world, and Sivan Borowich Ya’ari is no different. That’s why when, on a business trip to the denim district of Africa, she saw an opportunity to help the suffering people...

App Uses Adapted Israeli Airforce Imaging Tech to Detect Skin Cancer

Shai Atanelov

May 3, 2016

Innovation

Every child gets a vision and hearing check in school on a regular basis. Dr. Moshe Fried, an Israeli plastic surgeon, believes an annual skin check is necessary as well, starting in the teens. This is why h...

How Israeli Startup Sight Diagnostics is Mending Malaria

Sarah Pritzker

April 24, 2016

Innovation

In 2015, there were 214 million recorded cases of malaria across the globe. Of those infected, approximately 483,000 victims died of the disease. Since infection is spread by mosquitoes, malaria is extremely ea...

Tel Aviv Startup Empowering South African Women

Sarah Pritzker

April 20, 2016

Innovation

Even in our all-accepting and gender-equivalent society, woman are still struggling to show doubters that they have every bit as much to offer the world – in particular, the scientific world – as their male cou...

Kaiima – AgriTech’s Pick for Solving World Hunger

Sarah Pritzker

April 14, 2016

Innovation

World hunger is a serious problem, and one that scientists, farmers, politicians, and world leaders are constantly struggling to overcome. This is why when Israeli company Kaiima turned out a bumper crop of exp...