Hilma Tech For Impact

Founded by Yossi Tsuria who holds an MsC from the Weizman Institute in Applied Math, and is a HiTech entrepreneur. In 1988, he co-founded NDS, a world leader in PayTV, which was sold to Cisco in 2012... for $5Bn. Carmel 6000 sees as a vision to place Israel in a leading position in the world in the development of social tech solutions. Carmel 6000 is a model of a volunteer program promoting civil service and technological training for populations that are under-represented in high-tech (women, the Arab sector, people with disabilities) Using this technological training, the Carmel 6000 participants, develop and craft innovative applications and solutions in the areas of welfare, education and health for disadvantaged populations and social organizations. Alongside this, their solutions which not only tackle social issues but also have a measurable business model with economic feasibility. The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of the Diaspora and the Jerusalem Development Authority joined the initiative and the first cycle of national service girls was launched in August 2018