The Evolution of Gift of Life.

Gift of Life is a Rotarian-based organization that has evolved over the past 4 decades into a global network of caring.  Our traditional model for providing care to children with heart disease from emerging countries was to bring one child at a time to the United States for treatment.  For the first 30 years of our existence, this was our primary means of providing hope to children who were not able to receive treatment in their country of birth.

Although this remains an important part of the Gift of Life Global Network, we have now evolved, enabling us to help address the crisis that exists today for children with heart disease throughout the world who lack access to treatment. Through the strategy we have developed, over 99% of the more than 3,000 children each year we provide care to are treated in their country of birth.