The Israel Trauma Coalition

ITC is a non-profit partnership of NGOs specializing in both proactive and reactive emergency preparedness, community resilience and trauma care. Working closely with Home Front Command and key government ministries, municipalities, NGO's and the private sector, we strengthen individuals and communities to cope better with crisis. For over two decades, ITC has prioritized its work to mitigate the profound impact of trauma, providing emergency preparedness initiatives, fostering resilience and community rehabilitation – leveraging our unique knowledge and expertise. We are the leaders in the field of trauma in size, impact and innovation. What We Do DIRECT TRAUMA CARE Professional, experienced teams of clinical service providers, identify needs and provide short term, long term and focused trauma care. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT The ITC equips professionals with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to address trauma. We are dedicated to ensuring that trauma care professionals including health, welfare, social and educational providers remain not only current in their knowledge and skills but also healthy and resilient. We provide caregivers with both professional and personal support. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ITC prepares cities, local councils, organizations and businesses both nationally and internationally for crisis today and well into the future. Preparing emergency preparedness protocols and providing a cost effective way to train local professionals, emergency service personnel, volunteers, community service providers, educational, health teams and leaders from the local business communities. Through community based interventions ITC facilitates the creation of nurturing environments where people can heal, flourish and overcome adversity. Achievements • ITC’s 12 Resilience Centers have become the central address for immediate, pro-active intervention, training and real time relief. Each Resilience Center (5 Southern centers, 5 Judea and Samaria and Bedouin Resilience Center) prepares customized emergency preparedness programs for local communities based on their needs, population and culture, creates a continuum of care including providing trauma-focused psychological treatment and builds community resilience by developing cohesion, teaching coping skills and forming volunteer emergency response teams. • International efforts Israel’s experience preparing for and coping with crisis and terror makes Israeli trauma experts among the most knowledgeable on the global map. Our international work relies on experience and concepts developed over many years in emergency preparedness and trauma care in Israel. Teams of ITC experts share their knowledge and help local professionals establish recovery and rehabilitation programs in response to both man-made and natural disasters. ITC trains local care providers leaving behind a more robust civilian resilience network. • U.N Recognition 2019 Israel Trauma Coalition (ITC) was recognized as an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. In a unanimous decision the UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), conferred on ITC the highest status a non-governmental organization can achieve at the global level.