Short-term volunteer program that enables participants to volunteer and live with Israelis and volunteers from all over the world on army bases in Israel.  Volunteers perform various tasks, such as:

• Working in hospitals.‏
• Working in I.D.F. warehouses.‏
• Receive guided tours of interesting locations in Israel.‏
• Attend lectures on topics related to Israel and to Judaism.
• Participants receive shabbat hospitality.‏

Volunteers apply through representatives worldwide. Upon arriving in Israel, volunteers are transported to an army facility where they are assigned to work on various army bases. Work activities can range from kitchen duties to simple mechanical repairs.‏

Volunteers will work alongside or under the direction of soldiers and perform duties such as packing food rations or medical kits, cleaning tanks, painting helmets, radio repairs, gas mask refurbishment, changing spare parts, gardening, or cleaning.‏

Volunteers live on the army bases in barracks (4-8 per room) during the week and are free on weekends (Friday & Saturday) for touring Israel. The volunteer period is usually 3 weeks long. Volunteers work 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, Sunday through Thursday (the Israeli work week). In the evenings, there are various activities and educational presentations on such topics as the Hebrew language, Israel's history, Jewish holidays and traditions, and social and political issues in Israel.‏

In addition, Sar-El will host up to two site-seeing trips (per 3-week program) which usually includes Jerusalem. A liaison or guide (madricha) who is fluent in the volunteer group's language always accompanies the volunteers, and typically lives with the volunteers throughout the program.