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When Laura's mother found out she had a hole in her heart, the options were limited. Thanks to Gift of Life International, Laura was able to get the life saving surgery she needed.  

Joined by many supporters including 2018-19 Rotary International President Barry Rassin. [gallery link="file" size="medium" ids="3601,3602,3603,3604,3605,3606,3610,3607"] Videos: Click to watch Barry Rassin's speech Robbie Donno's speech  

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SAVING CHILDREN. Dr. Rodrigo Soto (right) of Gift of Life International, with Rotary Club of Cebu’s treasurer Walter Cang (second from right) and immediate past president Bing Martinez (second from left), and Rotarian Mike Edinburn...

Zanick Masters is a typical 1-year-old. He’s curious, playful and making up words as he explores the world around him, but just two weeks ago, he was fighting for his life at a hospital in...

Cardiologist, Dr. John Thompson (left), who participated in the recent Chain of Hope Mission at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, with patient Sanjay Johnson following a cardiac catheterisation procedure that was performed on Sanjay in...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A cardiac centre is be officially opened at the Bustamante Hospital for Children next Monday. The state-of-the-art facility will be equipped with a Catheterisation Laboratory (Cath lab), operating room and an intensive...

Over 500 children suffering from heart conditions are currently in need of different medical procedures. According to Dr. Michael Oketcho, a consultant cardiovascular surgeon, majority of patients require open heart surgery, while a few need...

Four Ugandan Rotary Clubs donate to a $272,500 Rotary Global Grant to support pediatric cardiac surgeries at the Uganda Heart Institute for 150 children in need. http://www.pmldaily.com/news/2018/12/rotarians-donate-shs1-billion-for-free-heart-surgeries.html

LONG ISLAND — The parents of two teens murdered in Brentwood spoke with the family of a little boy in El Salvador whose life has been saved in honor of their daughters. Evelyn Rodriguez and...

A fundraising effort in memory of the Long Island girls paid for lifesaving heart surgery for two young children in El Salvador. The parents of two Brentwood teens killed in 2016 — allegedly at the...

Enugu Sports Club 1929 in line with the New Vision for the Club and in collaboration with District 9142 Rotary International, hosted a Cultural Night in honour of Gift of Life International Medical Team from...

Rotary District 6630 Newsletter announces that GOLI CEO, Rob Raylman will speak at Leadership Development Summit for Rotary Zones 28 & 29 in regards to healing more than 30,000 little hearts around the world while...

Murdock Rotary Club makes a difference and donates to help save the lives of children with heart disease. Gift of Life International initiatives are supported by 241 Rotary Clubs and 52 Rotary Districts around the...

Mukhaye Jane from Uganda was on cloud nine when she got to see her son Jordan Mugambe preparing to celebrate his second birthday by cutting his favourite chocolate cake at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) on Thursday....

The Rotarian-based Gift of Life (GOL) program is alive and well in Rotary District 7230. As one of the 81 affiliated programs in the Global Network of GOL, GOL 7230 has evolved into one of...

Huge strides forward were made during the January 2018 Training mission to Grigore Alexandrescu Hospital in Bucharest where 18 children were treated for their heart ailments. Additionally, the Romanian pediatric cardiac team successfully completed their...

View media coverage direct from Romania in regards to the October 2017 Training Mission to Grigore Alexandrescu Hospital in Bucharest where 11 children were treated for their heart ailments. This was all made possible thanks...

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Please click this link to view media coverage from the inauguration: http://orbitatv.com/social/inauguran-primera-unidad-cuidados-intensivos-hospital-bloom/

Please visit this link to view video media coverage from the inauguration: http://www.canal12.com.sv/actualidad/46078

The article below has been translated from Spanish. Click this link to view the original source: http://www.lapagina.com.sv/nacionales/134063/2017/11/08/Inauguran-sala-para-cirugia-del-corazon-en-el-Bloom By Erick López 11/08/2017 The Benjamín Bloom National Children's Hospital already has a special room that will be used...

The article below has been translated from Spanish. Click this link to view the original source: https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Nueva-uci-del-Bloom-busca-reducir-lista-de-espera-de-operaciones-20171108-0119.html By Iliana Rivas 11/08/2017 The investment in the construction and equipment of the new service unit amounts to $200,000. The...

The article below has been translated from Spanish. Click this link to view the original source: http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/nacional/416732/inauguran-primera-unidad-de-cuidados-intensivos-quirurgicos-en-hospital-bloom/ By Evelia Hernández Nov 08, 2017- 11:45 Yesterday, the representatives from organizations including Rotary International, the Sparks Family, Latidos de...

GOLI CEO Rob Raylman was joined by Dana Moldovan from RC of Newbury Park, Dr. Harm Velvis from C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Dr. Rodrigo Soto from International Children's Heart Foundation, newly appointed hospital...

Daily Reporter - Rotary Gift of Life - Sept. 29, 2017

ONE grandfather walked 25km, all the way from Kanakantapa to the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) in Lusaka to receive a grandson named after him who was arriving from New Delhi, India. Before his trip...

Rotary Dist 3650 (Korea), Rotary Dist 4560 (Brazil), Rotary Clubs of Masindi (Uganda Dist 9211) Udhampur, Rajouri, Mandi, Gangtok South, Giridih, Delhi East End (all from India), Sao Jose do Rio Preto Alvorada (Brazil), Algiers...

LAHORE :Punjab Minister for Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Khawaja Salman Rafiq has said that Punjab government would welcome cooperation of international institutions with regard to provision of best health facilities to the people, capacity-building...

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Khawaja Salman Rafiq has said that Punjab government would welcome the cooperation of international institutions for providing best care health facilities to the people of Pakistan. He...

Erblin Sllamniku speaks no English, but it didn’t require an interpreter to read his smiles and hugs as doctors, students, and volunteers from Gift of Life brought him and his father to Long Island for...

Please see the latest updates from Gift of Life India (South Asia) in their most recent newsletter. Gift of Life 40

Many of our Rotary clubs have a long-standing commitment to give kids with congenital heart defects a second chance . . .a Gift of Life. In celebration of The Rotary Foundation’s Centennial, the D-7980 Rotary Clubs of...

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St. Anthony’s High School students who assisted in raising $5,000 to help bring a 6-year-old from Kosovo to St. Francis Hospital in Flower Hill for lifesaving heart surgery they witnessed up close met the beaming...

Médicos del hospital Infantil Robert Reid Cabral realizaron con éxito 22 procedimientos cardíacos en niños que presentaban diferentes tipos de patologías cardíacas. Los procedimientos quirúrgicos, que incluyeron cateterismos y cirugías de corazón abierto, fueron realizados...

Gift of Life Auction Raises Over $52,000 - In February, the RC of Greenfield held it’s 18th annual Gift of Life Auction. This year’s auction was excited to welcome recent GOL patient Johanna and her...