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For fifty years, the state of Israel has been sharing the know-how and technologies accumulated in its own process of rapid and successful progress from developing to developed nation, through its program of technical and humanitarian assistance to the lesser developed countries. |
The centre for international cooperation, better known by its Hebrew acronym, Mashav, was established in 1958 by the then foreign minister, Golda Meir, as the agency responsible for planning and implementing the program. Mashav also coordinates Israel's emergency and disaster assistance activities.
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In cooperation with over 140 countries in the developing world, Israel, through Mashav, has been contributing to the efforts to combat poverty, hunger and disease and further sustainable development, thus also fulfilling the Jewish ethical tenant of "tikkun olam'" - helping to 'repair' the world. |