{"id":8386,"date":"2019-01-23T23:33:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T21:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.ramonfoundation.org.il\/?page_id=8386"},"modified":"2019-11-03T06:25:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T04:25:11","slug":"rona-ramon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/en.ramonfoundation.org.il\/?page_id=8386","title":{"rendered":"Rona Ramon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Rona Ramon<\/h1>

Rona Ramon was born in 1964 and grew up in Kiryat Ono. Her parents immigrated from Turkey through \u201cAliyat Hanoar\u201d to fulfill their dream of raising a family in Israel based on Zionist values and the love of Israel. \u00a0<\/p>

In her military service, she served as a paramedic and upon her release enrolled for her BA in physical education from the Wingate Institute. \u00a0<\/p>

She met her husband Ilan Ramon while she was at school. The two fell in love and got promptly married. Their family comprised: 3 boys and a girl \u2013 Assaf, Tal, Yiftach and Noa. During his military service in the Air Force, Ilan was chosen to be the first Israeli Astronaut<\/p>

In 1998 the Ramon family moved to Houston, Texas. Rona accompanied Ilan through his rigorous training in NASA and helped him choose what items to take with him on the Columbia shuttle: \u201cIt was very important to us to ensure that \u00a0any personal success transferred \u00a0into a national success and to enable all Israelis to take participate in this amazing mission to space\u2019, she said in her lectures.<\/p>

Together they chose to take to space several items that are symbolic of Israel: the scroll of independence, a Torah scroll received from Prof. Yoachim Yosef, with which he made \u201cAliya latora\u201d \u00a0as a Jewish child in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, a mezuzah, a flag of the Israel Air Force and the Israeli flag.<\/p>

On February 2003 the worst of all happened. The Columbia shuttle, with all of its team members, crashed on its way to earth.<\/p>

Rona wouldn\u2019t and didn\u2019t allow her grief to overtake her and soon set out to \u00a0commemorate her late husband with educational Zionist activities.<\/p>

In 2008 Rona began to build the Ramon Programs within the Ministry of Science, which led to dozens of educational social projects: such as the space research olympics, about 15 scientific centers in the social and geographical periphery and numerous scholarships to outstanding researchers. Rona regularl said: \u201cI have no interest in building bricks and stones to commemorate my loved ones but rather commemorating their spirit through education\u201d.<\/p>

In addition, Rona initiated with the Israeli Space Agency and the Fisher Institute the Annual Ilan Ramon International Space Conference. This conference became the central event of the Israeli space community. \u00a0Its speakers and \u00a0guests featured the world\u2019s progress in space exploration and the spin off\u00a0 practical applications for society and highlighted Israeli activities and innovations. \u00a0<\/p>

Thanks to Rona\u2019s work, astronauts annually arrive in Israel coinciding with the date chosen for the Ilan Ramon memorial ceremony and at Rona\u2019s request, to also visit schools on the periphery to spark interest and inspiration among children from all over the country. Rona would say: \u201cthis was Ilan\u2019s will\u201d. Rona was also one of the founders of \u201cIsrael Space Week\u201d in which every year. tens of thousands of children throughout the country participate in a number of special programs<\/p>

On September 2009, a few days before \u201cRosh Hashana\u201d, Captain Assaf Ramon, Rona\u2019s eldest son, was killed in a flight training accident. Like his father, Asaf fulfilled his dream to became an outstanding combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force. Weeks after his death, Rona opened his personal diary and read the phrase \u201cmy brothers and I were raised to inspire to fulfil our dreams based on the belief that each individual needs to find his own purpose\u201d. According to Rona\u201cThat was the best compliment a mother can get \u2013 that her children aspire to fulfil their dreams in Israel \u2013 whether it\u2019s through music, aviation or technology. This sentence became Rona\u2019s main mission in life \u2013 to inspire children in Israel to develop within themselves values and capabilities that can help them fulfil their dreams\u201d.<\/p>

In 2010, Rona founded the Ramon Foundation and became its President. The foundation encourages and promotes academic achievements and social involvement among youth \u2013 in the spirit of ??? image of Ilan and Asaf Ramon.<\/p>

Among the foundation\u2019s main activities: the Aviators club \u2013 a Social-ethical leadership program for 5th-8th grade students, in which Operational squadrons of the Israeli Air Force adopt schools from the periphery. The pilots and a professional social leader from the Ramon Foundation accompany the children for two years using close escorting??? and meeting along the year, the Ramon Space Lab program which \u00a0\u00a0gives students a unique opportunity to submit an experiment to the International Space Station through an annual research-based learning program and many more educational programs. \u201cNothing warms my heart more than seeing pilots from the Air Force volunteer and assist children who need a good word and inspiration\u201d.<\/p>

More than 100,000 children take part in the different program Rona has initiated. In addition, Rona founded alongside The Joint Council of Pre-Military Academies, the \u201cBeit Asaf\u201d.<\/p>

Rona Ramon, who researched grief, had a Master\u2019s degree in holistic therapy from Lesley University in the USA and gave lectures and treated families who experienced loss in order to strengthen them. In 2013 she published the book: \u201cAbove Us is Only the Sky\u201d. It is a collection of Ramon journals, letters, pictures and memories.<\/p>

On 2016 Rona was selected to light the Beacon of Independence at the formal ceremony on Mount Hertzl under the title: Israeli Heroism.<\/p>

Rona Ramon was an inspirational woman who served as role model \u00a0for many men and women in Israel and around the world.<\/p>

Her vast activities made a huge impact on the development of Israeli society and as well as its scientific progress. She created leadership with values among students and made Israeli solidarity stronger.<\/p>

With her outgoing personality she provided magic to those who followed her, filling them with a positive belief in their future. \u00a0
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