Tangible Deliverables MDA, Israel’s only Ambulance and Emergency medical service has treated over 310,000 patients, traveling 5.65 million operational miles since 2005. MDA has attended 60,000 traffic accidents, 6,250 calls to women in labour and collected 287,000 units of blood.

Over 430,000 people receive services from MDA every year. In 2006, MDA totaled 468,347 ambulance drives, averaging 1,283 drives per day, a 5% increase from the previous year. Moreover, MDA volunteers collected 35,070 food portions for the needy per year.

Competitiveness & Efficiency of the Delivery System As a unique combined force of volunteers and staff, MDA is able to provide ambulance and emergency medical services at greatly reduced costs.

Alan Bruer

Financial Efficiency Since 2006, Canadian Magen David Adom supporters have sent 136 ambulances to Israel, including 53 Mobile Intensive Units, 83 Standard Ambulances and 2 Blood Mobiles. Operating a fleet of over 700 ambulances, MDA responded to nearly half a million calls from all People of Israel regardless of race, religion or creed.

Acountability to Clients & Investors Synagogues, schools and Magen David Adom have an obligation to service the people of Israel. In times of crisis, terror, and peace in everyday life, MDA is available to all Israelis regardless of nationality, religion or race. It provides ambulances with medical supplies and life-saving equipment, and ensures safe blood supplies. It helps to make Israel a world leader in hematology and human genetic research.

Commitment and Plans to Achieve Sustainable Results Magen David Adom is committed to achieving sustainable results. MDA ambulances scheduled about 468,340 operational drives, an average of about 1,280 journeys per day.

MDA operates with a staff of only 1,400 for the entire country, and another 10,000 volunteers.

David Kaminker

Volunteerism/Recruitment Currently the youngest volunteer is 15 and the oldest 86. One-half of the volunteers are under the age of 20 and many volunteers are Canadians who pay their own air fare to Israel and spend their summers riding on the ambulances. Using advanced teaching technologies and simulations of real time emergencies, MDA trains over 50,000 people a year in first aid and sophisticated paramedical skills.