Eli Beer – World Changer from Jerusalem

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Eli Beer

Founder & President, United Hatzalah

Born in Jerusalem in 1973.
At age seven he witnessed the bombing of the No. 12 bus near his Jerusalem home, a moment that shaped his life's mission.
Began volunteering on an ambulance at age 15.
Joined Hatzalah Jerusalem in 1992 as fundraiser and operational coordinator.
In 2006, after the Second Lebanon War, united more than 50 local volunteer groups into United Hatzalah, headquartered in Jerusalem.
United Hatzalah is described as the world's largest fully volunteer emergency medical service, with more than 8,000 volunteers.
In 2024 its volunteers responded to more than 700,000 medical emergencies.
The "ambucycle", an ambulance on a motorcycle, was developed after a 2002 terror attack in Jerusalem's Beit Yisroel neighborhood.
Volunteers reach patients in under three minutes on average nationwide, and in about 90 seconds in cities.
In 2008 the organization launched Israel's first GPS-based dispatch system, alerting the closest responders within seconds.
Care is free and given to everyone; Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze volunteers serve side by side.
After October 7, United Hatzalah sent more than 1,500 volunteer EMTs to the Gaza border communities.
His recognitions include the Schwab Foundation's Social Entrepreneur of the Year (2010) and the Israeli Presidential Award for Volunteerism (2011).

From the vision of Isaiah · Isaiah 58:8

“Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily.”

אָז יִבָּקַע כַּשַּׁחַר אוֹרֶךָ, וַאֲרֻכָתְךָ מְהֵרָה תִצְמָח.

"Healing that springs forth speedily" – the promise his volunteers keep, within minutes, every day.

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Verse in English from the King James Version. Facts compiled from public sources, October 2026.