Bring Health Care to 4000 Needy People in Israel

Mobilizing health care is a simple, obvious, and underutilized idea and one which we have adopted with some success. We take screenings, primary care, advice, and in some cases even hospital-grade triage out of the building and as close as possible to people’s homes. A health-care clinic on wheels.

YEDID's unique mobile health clinic provides preventive health care and education to low-income and disadvantaged people in Israel by running "Health Days" arranged through our 22 rights centers in locations all over the country.

In many cases, low-income clients are unable to care for themselves, due either to lack of funds, or mobility or just plain information - physically reaching the nearest medical clinic or knowing where to go or which forms they have to fill out.

In the last three months, 11 health days were held through our mobile health center including sugar and cholesterol tests, BMI (body mass index) testing and lectures -- reaching an average of 30 clients per health day, or around 330 low-income clients in locations all over Israel -- who would otherwise not have been able to deal with their health. The health days were held in Katzrin, Kiryat Malachi, Tel Aviv, Ofakim, Upper Hatzor and Upper Nazareth. We plan to hold an additional 4 health days over the next two months – in the northern Druze town of Daliat el-Carmel, Upper Nazareth, and the northern Druze village of Usifya.

Although our mobile center has undergone a number of staffing and other challenges in the past 12 months, we are supported by our veteran driver, Shmuel who has been with us from day one. This has helped us maintain our high level of service. We are continuing to reach out to look for more sponsors to assist us in continuing and expanding the services which we provide.