At an hour when most families in Israel were sitting down for their holiday dinners, three volunteers were welcoming the new year by saving a group of refugees after their boat sank near the Greek coast. On Sunday night, 200 meters away from the coast of the island of Lesbos, an engine exploded on an rubber boat carrying 50 refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Luckily, there were three volunteers from the "IsraAID" humanitarian organization waiting on the beach - Naama Gorodischer, a project manager in the organization, Dr. Tali Shaltiel, and the group's social worker Orli Unger. Thanks to the volunteers’ quick reaction, all the refugees were saved. Gorodischer says they were lucky, but refers to what is taking place off the coast of Greece as a “Humanitarian disaster. The “IsraAID” teams help the refugees with food, water, blankets, and even maps with information about the path they are expected to
take.
