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Machratayim – the day after tomorrow – reflects the need for hope, healing and a better future which we can all be proud to support.

Launched at MDA UK’s annual Campaign Dinner in November 2025, it is grounded in the reality of the trauma, fatigue, distress and pain still being felt across Israel.

It’s all about giving to save, giving to fix, giving to mend and giving to heal to assist MDA’s volunteers meet the emergency and humanitarian needs of Israel’s diverse communities.

It’s about celebrating and supporting the amazing courage of MDA’s volunteers and their life-saving work.

And it’s about celebrating the very best of Israel. Because MDA is Israel’s DNA.

Read about MDA volunteers who embody the spirit of Machratayim below:

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Adham

Adham Safadi, a Druze volunteer for MDA, was first on the scene.
Tragically he found his daughter, Venis, among the dead, yet continued to treat the wounded. His professionalism and composure ensured two more lives were saved that day.

Despite his grief, trauma and heartbreak, he continues to bravely serve his community as an MDA medic.

“Magen David Adom is in the blood that flows through me.”

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Nesma

Nesma Ibrahem lost her much-loved son, Johnny Ebrahem, in the Hezbollah attack on Mas’ade.

A year later she has given birth to a daughter, whose birth is a beacon of light for the people of Mas’ade.

Even in the most traumatic of times, we must find hope for Machratayim.

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Moshe

There is no accurate count for the number of lives that Moshe Polak, MDA’s oldest volunteer, has saved.

Moshe started volunteering in MDA back in 1970, after suffering an injury in the Six Day War, so he could keep saving lives and serving his country.

Now in his 90s, Moshe still gifts his time and wisdom to others – whether through training the next generation of young volunteers, or by leading courses to educate members of the public on delivering emergency first aid.

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Gil

Navigating the winding roads of southern Golan Heights, MDA medic Gil Green can be seen responding to urgent calls on his motorcycle.

A volunteer since 1989, Gil originally completed his training as an ambulance driver before later joining the medi-cycle unit. He combines his dedication to MDA with his work as a chef on the Kibbutz Dgania Bet.

We are so pleased to have had so much support and enthusiasm for helping MDA UK in realising our ambition for this five-year campaign, in the run up to Magen David Adom’s Centenary in 2030.

Whether that is by:

  • Showing our support for our friends, loved ones and all the peoples of Israel by re-establishing our links to them and their communities through our 30 by 30 twinning project. We are matching and supporting 30 communities in the UK with 30 in Israel by 2030.
  • Assisting MDA meet the physical and mental health needs of Israelis during this time of fragile peace and trauma and working towards a better future. By beginning the work now.
  • Acknowledging and celebrating those within the UK whose individual or collective work achieves so much in the partnership between our two countries through the new annual MDA UK Bridge to Israel Awards which will be held on 27th April 2026.