Yael Schoultz has been dispensing sanitary products and a shoulder to lean on at brothels since 2011; now through L'Chaim, the group she founded, she seeks to help trafficked women

A diverse group of locals and foreigners talk about their harrowing experiences standing shoulder to shoulder with communities under bombardment, and what motivated them to help

25-year old Rafi Ryker founds Afrikan, a volunteer organization that utilizes Israeli ingenuity and leadership skills to help locals build a vision and realize it themselves

Known as a wisecracking radio operator, who led a failed protest against the air force, he went on to have a long career writing movies, TV shows and novels

Tami Jeffay, an English teacher, Acro Ninja expert and mother of 4, takes funds raised by family and friends, sets up toy centers, helps a leukemia sufferer get to Israel