Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Volunteering in Holon




























The story of Save a Child's Heart is inspirational because the astounding success rate of 96% has been achieved with very limited levels of publicity, public relations, and money. The charity feels that their greatest achievement is "that all the children, regardless of race, creed, color, sex, or religion are treated free of
charge with the finest medical care at the cutting edge of technology."








As of April, 2007, Save a Child's Heart has a 96% success rate and have operated on a total of over 1500 patients. They are now saving one child's heart every 28 hours. Save a Child's Heart has saved children from the following countries:
China
Democratic Republic of Congo
Ecuador
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Ghana
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Mauritania
Moldova
Nigeria
Palestinian Authority
Romania
Russia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Somaliland
Sri Lanka
St Vincent
Trinidad & Tobago
Ukraine
Vietnam
Zanzibar
Zimbabwe
Recently in the news about SACH:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article3998990.ece

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