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Volunteering and other
War-Related Activities:

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Welfare and

Social Affairs, and mentored by faculty, second-
year students of Social Work oversaw volunteer
activities in senior living facilities across the country.

This helped to relieve the shortage of personnel

after many were called up for reserve duty.

Prof. Ariela Gordon-Shaag, Head of the Interdisciplinary Dr. Chen Bram, Senior
Lecturer at HAC,
Faculty for Health, Science and Society, organized a group volunteered by helping
of 50 women from her area to assist farmers. Dr. Tali citizens formerly from
Hadasa Blank, Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Caucasus who were
and Prof. Ann Saada-Reisch, Head of the M.Sc. program in evacuated from towns
attacked by Hamas on
Medical Laboratory Science, also volunteered in agriculture. October 7th. Activities
included raising funds to
equip a civil emergency
center in Sderot, and
providing 150 hot lunches.

The Career Counseling A YNET news report featuring war-related inventions
Center team took part
in an employment fair and innovations included two by students in HAC’s DAN
for evacuees organized Department of Creative Human Design. Tomer Beisky
by the Municipality of created a stretcher for evacuating the wounded that ties at
Jerusalem. They helped
candidates prepare the waist, allowing those carrying the stretcher to monitor
resumes and referred them
to potential employers. and treat wounded soldiers and also shoot their guns
simultaneously. Revaya Mor created Mylo (‘my location’),
22 a phone application that helps children practice resilience in

normal times, so they are better prepared for emergencies.