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Success Stories

Working with Our Partners Around the Globe

Gift of Life NJ Inc. has partnered with Gift of Life International, resulting in two training missions to El Salvador to train doctors, 2 training missions to Uganda, and hundreds of thousands of dollars used to purchase equipment for programs in Uganda, El Salvador and Jamaica through direct donations, and Rotary Grants. Most importantly, of course, nearly 400 children’s lives have been saved in those countries thanks to everyone’s combined efforts! Please see some of our success stories below.

Nepal Mission

In May 2022, Gift of Life NJ Inc. helped fund the Healing Little Hearts Surgical Mission to Nepal. 20 children were
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Sri Lanka


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Tenwek Hospital in Bomet Province, Kenya

We have now just finished two weeks of cardiac care at Tenwek Hospital in Bomet Province, Kenya. This is our tenth year
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Hospital Project Bucharest, Romania

The first-ever training mission of our joint-effort to develop a sustainable pediatric cardiac program at Grigore
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Healing Little Hearts in Uganda

Thanks to this beautiful community of caring we are all part of…..the first of our 50 Ugandan children have begun to be
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Mission to Dominican Republic

We are proud to have partnered with ICHF - Dr. Rodrigo Soto, Randa Blenden and their expert team - to provide care to 22
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Milka

Here's Milka, our recent success story from Nairobi whose surgery was completed in Apollo Hospital in India. This is
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Almir

This is Almir, with his happy mom Nusetra. Almir hails from Kosovo, and is two and half years old. Almir was born
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Jose

This is Jose. He was the beneficiary of heart surgery through the children's hospital of NJ when he was five. He is now
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Daberechi

Daberechi is our latest success story.  She came from Nigeria and received her life-saving surgery at Children's
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Nutrition Program in Uganda

Gift of Life NJ Inc. is thrilled to see the little faces of these children who we are sponsoring in Uganda in the Gift
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ICHF Trip to Ukraine

The International Children’s Heart Foundation is a non-profit medical charity dedicated to providing life-saving
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Dorita

Dorita is just like any other 11 year old.  She enjoys sports, her friends, her family and school.  She is one of four
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Smiles in El Salvador

Once Again, our work with Gift of Life International and others helped a team of volunteer doctors and related
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Omer

Omer was born on Sept. 17, 2008.  Doctors determined that he had a "Secondum type septal defect (ASDII), Right
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Baby Izet

"Baby" Izet from Kosovo came to Gift of Life NJ Inc.'s attention via our website in July of 2013 when a female US Air
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Baby Betty

Betty had her surgery 4 or so years ago and it was a huge success.  As evidenced in the photo, this child's
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Victor

Victor was first diagnosed with heart problems at a very young age. Thanks to the Gift of Life NJ Inc. and Gift of Life
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