Immediately after the start of the war, strategic adviser Tomer Dror and law student Hila Shish went to Ukraine and its borders - members of the "One Heart" volunteer organization.
They had no doubt that they had to leave everything and put out a delegation, which would accompany the locals to set up a similar volunteer organization.
In a short time they have been settled.
One team went to the Polish border from the Ukrainian side to provide humanitarian aid, and other members, led by Tomer, are working to establish the new organization.
They began renovating a local shelter, and to their delight were able to fill a movie theater with volunteers.
They now set a high target of about 10,000 volunteers, in a country desperate for any help that may come.
Ukrainian refugees at a train station in Leviv, Ukraine, Photo: API
We met Tomer and Hila in a team meeting with the local activists in Levib.
As soon as the meeting began, an alarm sounded.
We all went down to the renovated shelter together, with about 30 locals - including children - most of whom did not even know each other.
Instead of everyone being busy with their own affairs and their own telephone, conversations developed between them and the locals began to sing songs.
"We are here to establish a 'one heart' in Ukraine and utilize the knowledge we have and the management skills in building the organization," Dror explains, as the winds have calmed down.
"When there was a similar war 80 years ago no one did anything, and today we have a strong country. Therefore it is our duty not to act like the nations of the world, but to be a light to the Gentiles and stand on the good side."
"There is something to teach them"
"One Heart" is a civilian assistance force in emergencies, established 17 years ago, during the disengagement from Gush Katif.
During this period, Tomer Dror worked at the Ein Prat preparatory school headed by Erez Eshel, and in view of the division among the people, he and several instructors and trainees formed the "One Heart" organization, with the intention of uniting the people in their difficult time.
As early as 2014, after the Russian invasion of the Crimea, members of the Ein Prat seminary came to establish leadership seminars in Ukraine based on the Israeli model.
These have today become the infrastructure for the establishment of a parallel Ukrainian organization.
Ukrainian refugees in Lviv, Photo: GettyImages
Hila Sheish, who has been with the organization for three years, has led Knesset members in the army as a Knesset member and a civilian Knesset member in "Lev Lev." "Together with those of Tomer, they may be very relevant here as well."
"We have only been here two or three days and we have already implemented three projects that have started," Tomer adds.
Hila says that they met amazing and talented people, who despite the difficult experiences they went through - came to volunteer and help.
"There was Anna, who the day after her trainee was killed in a battle at the front, told us that her activity in 'One Heart' is in his memory," she says. She replied: "I have no choice, I have to do something." These are people who are in an existential war against an evil and powerful enemy, but we find that they are ready for it, "Hila concludes.
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