Our Story

Three weeks into combat in Gaza, a conversation between two soldiers revealed a need that would eventually become the foundation of Kol HaAdama.

After weeks of fighting, one teammate opened a letter from home and struggled to hold back emotions he had spent a lifetime keeping buried. Standing together in the middle of a damaged house, the two embraced as grief, fear, and exhaustion finally surfaced.

That moment felt familiar.

Like many veterans, Kol HaAdama founder Havneh Feder-Haugabook had spent years navigating the effects of trauma while trying to maintain the responsibilities of everyday life. Through his own experience with therapy, reserve duty, and recovery, he came to understand that veterans need more than treatment alone. They need community, purpose, meaningful work, and people who understand what they have been through.

Veterans need the tools to navigate what they carry long after service has ended.

Kol HaAdama was created to bring those elements together in one place.