Rachel Haber

Rachel Haber (Hebrew: רחל הבר; born 5th 1967) is an Israeli education women and the chairman of the association Matnat Chaim (מתנת חיים; lit.

[1] Rachel was born in Jerusalem to Avraham and Sarah Katz, both educators, as the eldest of five daughters.

The couple was motivated to establish the association after her husband underwent a kidney transplant and reportedly personally witnessed the challenges faced by patients awaiting a donor match.

In the association, Haber meets with department heads and transplant coordinators at medical centers, delivering lectures on kidney donation, maintains contact with transplant candidates and donors throughout the donation process, and visits donors in hospitals.

The award committee noted that she "instills kidney patients with a spirit of life and hope, supporting donors, transplant recipients, and their families throughout the process until recovery".