It is engaged in the fields of security, welfare, education, and health.
Its projects include works with Magen David Adom and Sherut Leumi.
[1] It was initially established under the name האגודה להתנדבות בעם, HaAguda LeHitnadvut Ba'am (Association for Volunteering for the People)[2] (later the name was shortened to "Volunteer Association") as a way of non-governmental implementation of the National Service Law and served the basis of Sherut Leumi.
[3] The first board of the organization consisted of attorney Dov Froman [he], journalist and social activist Miriam Meir, and Shaul Yahalom.
[4][5] In 1990s other associations joined the implementation of Sherut Leumi, with HaAguda LeHitnadvut remaining the largest among them.