Gift of Life treats children who have congenital heart defects. It mostly works in poorer countries around the world, both treating the children and striving to build local programs to continue doing so.
Its mission statement says "Our goal is to develop sustainable pediatric cardiac programs by implementing screening, surgical and training visits which are supported by autonomous Gift of Life programs, Rotary global grants and generous donors from around the world."
Velvis said that sustainable model has been achieved in El Salvador, Romania and Uganda.
The Rotary connection extends to our own club, which in 2021 helped facilitate a successful Gift of Life operation in Uganda.
Since its founding in 1975, Velvis said, Gift of Life has helped 46,000 children, a number expected to rise to 50,000 by the end of this year. But it still only reaches a fraction of the children who need its treatment.
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