Testimonials.

Esther was born in Nigeria on September 23, 2013. Just 6 weeks after birth, she fell ill and was diagnosed with a large PDA, pulmonary hypertension, pailet and floating ribs. She had frequent convulsions until the age of 5 years. The pailet could not be closed because of the congenital heart defect. Esther’s parents took …

I would like to take this golden opportunity and extend my sincere gratitude to Rob Raylman and Gift of Life International for the life saving opportunity given to my beautiful daughter. My family was privileged to have our daughter Rahiima Nalwoga have the life saving surgery in Israel courtesy of the great effort by Rob …

Dear Mr. Rob Raylman. I would personally like to appreciate all the hard work and diligent efforts that you put in sponsoring my sister’s operation which was done at Uganda Heart Institute Mulago on 21/12/2020. The operation was successful and we thank God. Your dedication, desire to serve and willingness in finding ways to provide/help …

Jennifer is a healthy girl, thank God and the Foundation that now she has the opportunity to do all the activities like the rest of her colleagues, she is in good health and she likes to play sports. We feel fortunate to have a healthy daughter with great plans for our future as a family. …

As Luis’s mother I feel very happy and grateful that thank God and the Foundation, Luisito had an operation for a congenital heart problem that was discovered at birth, the diagnosis was Transposition of the great arteries. Nowadays, he is in good health, he doesn’t get tired anymore, his skin color has changed, he is …

Dear and beloved doctor Rob Raylman  I, who am writing to you, am unknown to you, therefore you have no way of knowing me. But, you are very well known to me and to my family and there is no way we could not know and remember you.  I am the grandfather of Priam Kaloshi, …

My name is Habi bah. I am a Gambian by nationality. I presently live at Kololi, Senegambia New Road, Banjul, The Gambia. I am presently working as a cashier clinical services department at MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL UNIT THE GAMBIA at London school of hygiene and tropical medicine and a member of the Rotaract Club of …

Dear Sir, Today, 28th October 2019 makes it exactly three years that the congenital heart disease of my daughter, Bright Etame was surgically corrected in the US with the support of the Rotary Gift of Life. It is a thing of joy to let you know that Bright Etame is doing wonderfully well in good …

Special greetings from Uganda. I and team of Cioc Humanitarian Initiative plus Esther, We can’t thank you enough for your assistance! You don’t know how much it means to us to have all these high medical bills (Heart surgery) burden lifted/settled by you Rob and Gift of Life International! I honestly don’t know what to …

Dear Rob, I want to thank you for allowing God to use you to save my son’s life. I want tell you today that Osatae Egharevba is happy and healthy today. He has resumed school and living his normal life. My wife and I are grateful to you and your organization. May God bless you. 

“Now I am the happiest mother in the world, and if I would be a poet I would have never found the right words to write about your organization ‘Gift of Life’. The work you do is the most charitable work in the world. You have saved many lives, you saved my son’s life too. …

I’m a proud Rotarian since 1990, and I have never been part of something more satisfying than this experience of hosting Jibens and his guardian Neuis for 3 weeks. Making it possible was my wife Jean, who did almost all of the caring, along with a great Patchogue Rotary team of Warren, Karen, Frenie, Donna …

Faith was one of nine children who traveled from Uganda to India for her lifesaving heart surgery in 2017. Her mother writes, “Hi Uncle Rob, I hope you had a safe trip home last time. Here all is fine. We only have peace, joy and appreciation to Rotary and Gift of Life. May the Lord …

My name is Charity Lukaki mother of Mpundu Bwalya. Mpundu Bwalya was born 14th January 2014, they were twins and he is the oldest. He has two elder siblings a boy and a girl, when they were one week old I noticed he never used to breast feed as much as his other twin brother, …

Amadu from Gambia was sponsored by Gift of Life New England for surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2015. He is now happy and healthy and attending school. Amadu in 2018

Greetings from the heart! First of all I want to extend to you and your group my sincerest thanks and apology. Apology because its only now I sent you the email because I don’t usually open my email because we do not have enough source. My heartfelt thanks to you and your group for giving …

Jaden had his heart healed one year ago. Now his mother is giving back to help other children with heart disease. Here is what she wrote to us, “I am happy to share with you that by selling Jaden’s fundraising items – mugs and t-shirts, I have saved 20,000 pesos and funded surgery for 2 …

Below is a testimonial from Valeria’s mother. Her cath was performed during a mission by one of our partners, the Hearts with Hope Foundation. Gift of Life International sponsored the purchase of cath devices for their mission. Dear Rob, I want to start by thanking you infinitely for the many blessings from you and the …

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 to New Delhi, the boy, aged 10, was often left under the care of his grandfather because he could not …

Hey peeps! Meet this beautiful soul, Keilyn. I was able to raise money with the help from family and friends to sponsor Keilyn’s heart surgery that took place earlier this year and here she is with me today.. she is so beautiful. Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect but these children do …

Thank you to Chain of Hope who sponsored Destiny’s surgery and Gift of Life International who sponsored the passports and visas. Below is the testimonial from Destiny and his family.  We, the family of Isaac, Mercy, Praise and Destiny, would like to thank you sincerely from our hearts for the support you have given to …

Hi Sir Rob, I hope this update finds you well. We arrived home still overwhelmed over how things turned out. With the cancellation of Francis’ surgery due to the shrinking of the hole in his septum, we are now more excited than ever for him that he can begin to experience life without being easily …

Good day Rob Raylman, Allow me to share Christopher’s milestones after the cath surgery. His health is amazing. The last time we went to the hospital was to visit Dr.Lubega for review early this week.The first photo of him was while he was admitted to the hospital and the one of him in a blue …

Watch Janice speak of her journey with her son, Jayden and how Gift of Life International helped her along the way. Through their journey, she helped create Li’l Brave Hearts, a support group for families who have children with special needs in the Philippines.  

Dear Rob, Thank you and Gift of Life SO very much for everything you have done. We enter 2017 joyfully with a child who we were certain in 2016 wouldn’t make it much past this time. Our NGO was introduced to Alan’s family even before Alan was born.  Alan’s sister, Jesca, was 4 at the …

Before, we thought that we would just wait for the day…but now, we know that we will be doing a log of memories with her. With heartfelt thanks, Sheira’s family

Thanks to God and to you, through this operation, my beautiful Ximena is a happy and healthy girl. She is growing and playing like other children. Thank you for the food each month, which we appreciate very much. You are like an angel to our lives and we are forever grateful for your love and …

On behalf of my wife, children and family, I wish to express my profound and sincere gratitude to Gift of life, Rotary club of the United States of America and every individuals  who have contributed in one way or the other to the successful surgery of  my daughter, Bright Etame. I also wish to appreciate …

Millions of miles away and distance cannot stop Gift of Life International from healing little hearts for the needy children. It has been a long time that my daughter suffered from congenital heart disease – Tetralogy of Fallot. She is Keffene Rose Buhisan, 15 years of age from the Philippines. I found GOLI through the …

Today mark to one year surgery anniversary of my son, Ericarry Beaubrun, and I wanted to take the time to once again thank the team who operated on him back then and the overall organization for the support they have provided my son with during that journey. It was a true blessing for having the …

It melted my heart when Johanna says “Auntie Carmen, I don’t do huh.. huh.. huh.. anymore” motioning to her breathing. She is doing so well and has recovered amazingly. Thank you so much for all that you’ve done to make the surgery possible.  I’ll send a couple photos from my phone. Johanna in her broken …

Words cannot adequately express our profound thanks and deep gratitude to the Roxbury Rotary for putting all arrangements in place for the medical care of our eight year old son, Yuvraj Manoo, who was awaiting for some time the completion of an urgent and complex third phase “Fontan” procedure At a time when it was …

I hope that all you are very well and that this New Year is full of benedictions and big achievements. They have past already two months from last time that I wrote, and the life continued his course, My small daughter finally began to the school, in the fist with a few of problems in …

Dear All, Here are the updates of Akam and Sara: Akam did very well this past week. He left the hospital last Saturday and had an appointment with Dr. Kal on Tuesday, who gave him the clearance to go home. Akam and his mother happily left this morning on an RJ flight back to Suleimaniya. …

Aortic valve repair on Tuesday April 28th, walked out of ICU on Friday may 1st “Frank, this child is dying.. we have to operate.. Rodrigo Soto, ICHF volunteer cardiothoracic surgeon from Santiago de Chile said to me on wednesday in the first week of the ICHF mission – I went to see him – and …

In 2003, Amela Zadeja, then a nine-year old girl from Albania, was sponsored by the Rotary District 7230 of the Bronx, and received surgery at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center. Amela’s case was brought to the attention of the Rotary by the Albanian American Women’s Organization. Amela’s surgery was a great …

A 2 month old baby boy from Santiago de Los Caballeros, Cibao Region, Dominican Republic, was the first surgery of the April 2009 mission to Dominican Republic, and can be called a lucky child. As the ICHF team (from Chile, UK, and USA) arrived on 18th April, Angel had been, just two days before, admitted …

The Rotary Club of the Bronx and Pelhams was most pleased to sponsor the surgery of Austin Egberuare. A bright and happy three old, Austin came to America with his mother Gloria. They were the guests of host family Meg Charlop and Richard Powers. Here is an account provided by the Rotary Club: Our Gift …

Here is the picture of Boroka Palfi from Transylvania. She is 7 years old, the youngest of three siblings. Her father is a reformed pastor and university professor. She would not live long without your help (a heart surgery) that she WILL receive next week, thanks to you. Since she can”t do it, I would …

4 year old boy Operated on 22nd April 2009 for aVSD – a hole between the two main pumping chambers of the heart. This defect causes too much blood to flow to the lungs, making the heart have to work harder to supply blood to the body – and if untreated will result in increasing …

aged 7, the youngest of the children Lives in the Moca, in the Cibao Region 1 hour away from Santiago. First diagnosed when she was 1 year 5 months old. Operated on 22nd April 2009 for an ASD – a hole between the two collecting chambers of the heart. This defect causes too much blood …

11 months – from Santiago When first diagnosed with heart defect 15 days after birth, mother had notices she was blue since birth but the Doctors at A.G. diagnosed her two weeks later. When did they know they were going to have surgery 1 month after birth the parents were told about the foundation and …

It is May 25th and after months of planning, negotiations and some frustration we at last had an arrival date and time for our latest Gift of Life child. Marie Chandrika from Trinidad is arriving today with her mom Radha at Miami International Airport I picked up Radha and Marie at Miami International Airport early …

1 year 8 month from San Francisco de Macoris a town about 2 hours outside Santiago Was diagnosed with a heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot at age 15 days.One month after she was born the family heard about the ICHF visit and was given great hope because of this and strength to deal with …

1 year 3 month old boy who was diagnosed at 1 month and 20 days with a VSD, a hole in the heart. Initially it was planned that Jorge would have surgery at age 2 years, but Dr Juan Ramirez saw that Jorge would need earlier intervention and told the family that an ICHF team …

Dear Sponsors, On behalf of all the parents and children who became part of all your sponsorship our deepest gratitude. We are very much thankful that there are institutions like GOLI, GOLP and RCMW who helped us for the pda operation of our beloved children. In return expect us that we will take care and …

My Dear Friends, I hope that everybody are very well and in this Christmas you have enjoyed them of a lot of peace and together love friends and That the new year is full of benedictions and successes for each one of you. Maria is very well and in the school she has a lot …