Hadassah International is comprised of a global network of volunteers, spanning five continents.
Our volunteers can be found in the following countries:
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Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China |
Costa Rica
Cuba
France
Germany
Gibraltar
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Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway |
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States* |
*Young Hadassah only
The following countries have websites you can view:
For more information on how you can become involved, click here to contact a Hadassah International office.
For Young Hadassah International units, click here.
Our Mission in Action
Hadassah International Supports the
Hadassah Medical Center's Cutting-Edge Care and Research
Everyone loves exciting events! Hadassah France, Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, and United Kingdom are famous for concerts with prestigious musicians, film and opera premieres, art auctions and viewings, elegant luncheons, and gala dinners. These events raise substantial funds for the Hadassah Medical Organization and raise awareness among countless numbers of people about Hadassah’s work.
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AIDS prevention in Ethiopia |
Eyesight is a precious treasure. Hadassah Luxembourg NGO’s (non-governmental organization) partnership with the Luxembourg government’s Ministry of Cooperation and the Hadassah Medical Organization has helped to alleviate blindness in Africa. Hadassah Luxembourg NGO contributed to Hadassah’s extensive AIDS treatment and prevention program in Ethiopia, saving countless lives.
Technological tools make miracles happen. Hadassah France contributed money for a PET-cyclotron, an imaging tool that gives doctors functional images of the human body, and a lithotripter, which uses high-energy shock waves to break up kidney stones.
Hadassah Austria, United Kingdom, and France raised money for a state-of-the-art computerized treadmill and hydraulic lift called a Lokomat, enabling patients with spinal injuries to walk again. Hadassah Austria provided funds for a computer that, with a digital camera, relays images of a victim’s injuries to the trauma unit—in real time.
Funds from Hadassah Gibraltar enhance Hadassah’s pediatric oncology department. “Help the Jews Home” of Norway, a long-time organizational supporter of Hadassah, has donated funds to retrain Russian and Ethiopian immigrants for health careers at Hadassah Hospital.
Hadassah International units support the Hadassah Medical Organization’s highly successful Hospital Clown Program. The medically trained clowns work with physicians to facilitate treatment for frightened children undergoing difficult medical procedures.
Hadassah International Creates Connections and
Builds Bridges
Hadassah Medical Organization
Director General Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef
and Ms. Lea Pope, General Manager of
The Alfred, signing the Memorandum
of Understanding |
Thanks to an initiative of Hadassah Australia, the Hadassah Medical Organization and The Alfred in Melbourne, a premier trauma facility, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to share medical expertise and conduct joint research projects.
Hadassah Germany and the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf established the Hadassah Germany Skin Center at the Hadassah Medical Organization for skin cancer treatment and research.
Hadassah Nice facilitated the formation of a formal collaboration between the Hadassah Medical Organization and the University Hospital of Nice, France in the fields of emergency preparedness and response and AIDS.
Facilitated by the vision and financial support of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO, the Hadassah Medical Organization embarked on a cooperative venture with Canada’s Sunnybrook Hospital. Called SHOTE—Sunnybrook Hadassah Orthopedic Trauma Exchange—the collaboration aims to advance scientific and clinical understanding in this medical specialty.
Mexican dentists enjoyed a fulfilling week
of academic exchange at Hadassah |
Hadassah Mexico forged connections between the Hadassah Medical Organization and hospitals and health ministries both in Mexico and Costa Rica.
Through international nursing symposia, Hadassah International provides foreign health professionals with unique educational opportunities not available otherwise. These renowned seminars have brought Hadassah expertise to Argentina, Mexico, Panama, Spain and Venezuela.
Thanks to funds raised by Hadassah Luxembourg NGO, a Rwandan physician was trained as an ophthalmologist at Hadassah. He now has a state-of-the-art ophthalmology clinic in Rwanda, the only one around for thousands of miles, with all of his equipment provided by Hadassah.
Realizing that Turkey and other countries around the world could benefit from an association with the Hadassah Medical Organization, Aytúl Gökce, wife of the Turkish ambassador to Israel, decided to form an Israel-based unit for ambassadors and their wives. Called the Hadassah International Corps Diplomatique, this unit creates awareness about the Hadassah Medical Organization in the diplomatic community. This led to a collaborative relationship between Hacettepe University Hospital's School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey and the Hadassah Medical Organization.
