Our Hearts Are In...
"Our Hearts Are In..." has transformed GOLI into a global-force with regard to providing care to children that suffer from congenital heart defects in developing countries. The strategy of focusing the GOL network on one country a year has allowed us to exhibit the collective power we possess to make the difference in a country being able to develop a sustainable pediatric cardiac surgery program. Not only are we able to mobilize our network of Gift of Life programs to help countries in their efforts to reduce the number of children waiting for surgery but we are able to galvanize global awareness to create the context within a country for the development of a sustainable program.
Combined over the past two years, the "Our Hearts Are In..." programs have been responsible for the saving of 264 lives (5 children were lost). These children were operated on in 17 different countries at 31 affiliated GOLI hospitals and over 150 individuals or organizations were responsible for funding this effort. The "Our Hearts Are In…" program has been a wonderful vehicle for the: aiding of children, building of sustainable programs and increasing of the awareness globally for GOLI.
In April 2011, the Board of Directors approved Jamaica as the next country where we will concentrate the "Our Hearts Are In..." program. Working in conjunction with our GOL affiliated programs and Chain of Hope UK, we expect to be able to operate on many children via surgery in the US as well as to support a similar number of procedures at Bustamante Hospital in Jamaica.
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