"Having seen the frugal way in which Owen spends donors' money, and having met some of the 230 patients the money is spent on, there is no charity [Watsi] I would more confidently give my money to." http://digg.com/2017/watsi-crowdfunding
'For too long, people living with RHD have experienced widespread neglect and marginalisation.' http://rhdaction.org/news/living-rheumatic-heart-disease-wesly-and-valder
For cardiac surgeons at Health City, helping provide life-changing surgeries for children in some of the world’s poorest countries brings with it a certain satisfaction. http://cayman27.ky/2016/08/haitian-children-recover-from-life-changing-surgeries/
An organization called the Haiti Cardiac Alliance says hundreds of children die without treatment. Needless to say the surgeries being performed here in Cayman are invaluable to the families affected. Last saturday, four patients who received heart surgery here in Cayman flew back to Haiti. cayman27.ky/2016/08/a-heart-for-haiti/
You’ve probably never heard of Kessy Acceme, but he has helped give 64 dying Haitian children another chance at life since late 2014 through surgeries performed in the Cayman Islands. www.caymancompass.com/2016/08/09/the-haitian-heart-operation/
Through the efforts of HCA, Gerson was able to get a passport and visa to travel to the Dominican Republic where he received the life-saving surgery he needed. http://inside.akronchildrens.org/2016/02/23/helping-haiti-a-team-approach-to-care/
It may sound simple, but what Owen has created is the first organized cardiac registry of its kind in the country. https://medium.com/@Byronium/unlocking-healthcare-in-haiti-pt-1-1a7938593e0f#.ugnbqnmgj
So, he began the work of fundraising to create an organization that would organize his growing database tracking every child in Haiti with a heart problem and the Haiti Cardiac Alliance was born. http://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2015/11/14/bookish-nonprofit-founder-guides-team-to-save-young-heart-patients-in-haiti/
Doctors say he would have died had he not undergone cardiac surgery - and that's something he couldn't get in Haiti. http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20150508/2845620/CNY-surgeons-open-their-arms-to-mend.htm
Four Haitian children, including a critically ill six-year-old girl with severe pulmonary issues, have received free life-saving surgery at Health City Cayman Islands. http://today.caricom.org/2015/02/04/haitian-children-benefit-from-free-heart-surgeries/
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