Save a Child’s Heart

Save a Child’s Heart (SACH) is an Israeli-
based international, non-profit organization. We are known worldwide for our commitment to saving lives by improving the quality of cardiac care for children from developing countries and creating centers of medical competence in these countries.

Save a Child’s Heart provides life-saving cardiac surgery and other lifesaving procedures at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel. Our doctors and nurses also hold preoperative and follow up cardiology clinics in Israel and abroad on a weekly basis. Save a Child’s Heart offers a comprehensive training program within Israel for doctors and nurses from developing countries, and leads surgical and teaching missions to our partner countries. To date, we have saved the lives of more than 4,000 children from 51 countries in Africa, South America, Europe, Asia, and throughout the Middle East. By mending hearts, regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality, or financial status, we contribute to a more peaceful and productive world; a happier, healthier world, and a better world for all children, and their families.

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Sivan Ya’ari

Founder & CEO at Innovation:Africa

Sivan Ya’ari is the founder and president of Innovation: Africa. Born in Israel and raised in Nice, France, Sivan traces her roots back to Africa where her father was born in Algeria and her mother in Tunisia. After visiting Africa for her work, she was moved by the pervasive poverty she witnessed and began to look for ways to transform and improve the lives of African people. Following a brief stint as a mortgage banker, Sivan joined the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and developed the groundwork for what would become Innovation: Africa, bringing Israeli innovation to African villages. Sivan graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in finance from Pace University and holds a master’s degree in international energy management and policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

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Vertigo Art Eco-Village

VERTIGO Eco Art Village is a center for art and ecology located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in Israel’s rural Ellah Valley. At its heart is the Vertigo Dance Company, which founded the Village in order to foster artistic creation engaged with the environment. Other artists – visual artists and writers, experts in permaculture, builders and artists whose medium is earth – joined and co-visioned the project in its early stages, and continue to develop the project in partnership with Vertigo. THE VERTIGO DANCE COMPANY rehearses and performs at the center. In addition, the center offers workshops and classes in the fields of art and practical ecology, and serves as a performance space and collaborative venue for artists working in various media. As part of its environmental focus the Village develops and disseminates information on green technologies such as water conservation systems and sustainable energy sources. The Village aims to inspire socially conscious, creative sustainable living, and to connect participants from all walks of life, in Israel and abroad, to themselves, their creativity and the environment.

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Yvel Design Studio

YVEL (pronounced E-vel) is a privately held luxury jewelry company in Jerusalem. Founded and owned by Orna and Isaac Levy, the company is best known for its pearl jewelry. More than 90% of their employees are Jewish immigrants. The Megemeria School of Jewelry and Art, established by the Levys in 2010, employs Ethiopian Jews, gives them a stipend and trains them in jewelry design and goldsmithing, but also in Hebrew and everyday-life skills to help them integrate into the Israeli society. Yvel collections are sold across five continents in more than 650 retail stores. Their designs have been worn by celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Barbara Walters, Maria Sharapova, Bette Midler, Isla Fisher, and Rihanna.

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