Lochamim Llo Gvulot was founded in 2013 by three officers from IDF’s Duvdevan unit who, while traveling through the Far East, encountered that many Israelis visited third world countries, and they realized the potential to use that human resource to present the nation of Israel in a positive way through volunteer work. The organization is chaired by the former commander of the Air Force General Eliezer Shkedi. The only condition to join a delegation of Heroes for Life is a personal interview and to initially volunteer with the organization in a youth village in Israel for three days. There are delegations that go every year to countries including India, Nepal, South Africa, Guatemala, Mexico, Argentina, Ethiopia, Peru, Panama, Brazil, Uganda, Burma, and Vietnam.