Gift of Life International, Inc.
OUR MISSION
To save as many children’s lives as possible by providing life saving open
heart surgery to children from infancy to 18 years of age with congenital heart
defects. Children for whom we are the last hope.
OUR VISION
To enable, over the ten year period of 2008-2018, the saving of at least 30,000
more children’s lives by unifying the strengths & coordinating the
efforts of Gift of Life and Affiliated Programs worldwide.
OUR MOTIVATION
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The World Heart Foundation estimates that over 90% of the world’s
population, 4.5 Billion people, do not have access to cardiac care.
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Eight of every one thousand newborns suffer some form of Congenital Heart
Defect. Of those eight, 20% need life-saving heart surgery.
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At any given time, there are about 5.5 Million children in need of heart
surgery.
Gift of Life Programs around the world seek to alleviate some small portion of
the suffering these statistics depict, regardless of a child’s race, gender,
creed or national origin.
Gift of Life International, a nonprofit, tax exempt (501(c)3) corporation, provides
to its Programs the logistical support, training, and coordination of resources
necessary to expedite the process, and strives to expand and strengthen its global
network of medical professionals, volunteers and donors who contribute their
time, talent and treasure to
Saving Children’s Lives …
One Little Heart At
A Time.
