{"id":58217,"date":"2016-02-04T09:58:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=58217"},"modified":"2020-03-13T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T18:38:50","slug":"donate-childrens-heart-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/children\/donate-childrens-heart-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Save a Child\u2019s Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- MAIN HEADER IMAGE AND TITLE -->\r\n<div id=\"lp-header\">\r\n   <a name=\"donate-now\"><\/a>\r\n   <div class=\"lp-header-title\">\r\n      <h1>Help Save a <br class=\"hide\" \/>Child's Life<\/h1>\r\n      <div id=\"lp-headline-donation-item\"><a name=\"donateBottom\" id=\"articleDonateBookmark\"><\/a> <div class=\"donationItem donationitem-group \">     <div class=\"diSlimWrap\">         <div class=\"diSlimTitleWrap\">             <div class=\"diSlimTitle\">DONATE NOW<\/div>             <div class=\"diSlimPC\">Children's Heart Project - 013687<\/div>         <\/div>         <div class=\"diSlimAmt\">             <div class=\"diDollar\">$<\/div><div class=\"diInput\"><input type=\"text\" onblur='if(this.value==\"\") this.value=\"0.00\";' onfocus='if(this.value==\"0.00\") this.value=\"\";' value=\"0.00\" name=\"item\" class=\"donationitem\" data-item-description=\"Children's Heart Project\" data-allow-response=\"true\" data-response-limit=\"\" data-entity-attributes=\"\" data-max-qty=\"0\" data-authorize-only=\"false\" data-is-order=\"false\" data-item-value=\"0\" data-sku=\"013687\" size=\"10\"><\/div>         <\/div>         <div data-sku=\"013687\" data-item-description=\"Children's Heart Project\" class=\"diSlimBtn directCheckout green-button\"><span>Give<\/span><\/div>     <\/div>       <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\t<\/div> <!-- close donationItem div --><\/div>\r\n   <\/div>\r\n   <div class=\"reverse-triangle\"> <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- END MAIN HEADER IMAGE AND TITLE -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<!-- TOP MAIN INFORMATION SECTION -->\r\n<div class=\"section column intial\">\r\n   <div class=\"lg-content\">\r\n      <h3>Repairing Broken Hearts, Sharing the Savior's Love<\/h3>\r\n      <!--<p class=\"subhead\">Samaritan\u2019s Purse brings physical relief and the Gospel to hurting people around the world.<\/p>-->\r\n \t\t\r\n\t   <div class=\"social-bar2 post-info\">\r\n            <div onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(location.href), '','width=626,height=436');\"><div class=\"social social-fb\"><\/div><span>Share<\/span><\/div>\r\n            <div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Help%20provide%20lifesaving%20heart%20surgery%20for%20a%20child%20in%20need.%20http:\/\/sampur.se\/2GXdPK7 %20via%20%40SamaritansPurse\"><div class=\"social social-tw\"><\/div><\/a><span>Tweet<\/span><\/div>\r\n            <div><a href=\"javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http:\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"><div class=\"social social-pin\" onclick=\"doPinIt();\"><\/div><span>Pin<\/span><\/a><\/div>\r\n            <div><a title=\"Share by Email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Help provide lifesaving heart surgery for a child in need.&amp;body=You can help provide lifesaving heart surgery for a child in need. http:\/\/sampur.se\/2GXdPK7 via @SamaritansPurse\"><div class=\"social social-em\"><\/div><\/a> <span>Emaily<\/span><\/div>\r\n            <div><a title=\"RSS Feed\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/SamaritansPurse\"><div class=\"social social-rss\"><\/div><\/a> <span>Subscribe<\/span><\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t   \r\n\t   <p>Our Children's Heart Project arranges surgery for children with congenital heart defects who live in countries where the required medical expertise and equipment are not available. Since 1997, more than 1,400 boys and girls have received life-saving operations through this project. Samaritan's Purse provides airfare for each child, a parent, and a translator, and we recruit evangelical Christian churches and host families who offer loving care while the child recovers.<\/p>\r\n      <p>But the journey doesn\u2019t end there. When children return home, their physical transformation is a testimony to their families and communities of God\u2019s goodness. Many parents and children have received Jesus Christ as Savior while staying in North America, and are now ambassadors for Him.<\/p>\r\n      <p>In addition, boys and girls have the opportunity to attend Heart Camps, a weeklong camp in their home country where they can meet other children who were part of Children's Heart Project, and learn more about following the Lord. Many of these children, who likely would not have lived to be adults without heart surgery, are now reaching others with the Gospel.<\/p>\r\n      <p>Below are the photos and stories of children who recieved surgery through our Children\u2019s Heart Project. <\/p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"sliderdiv\">\r\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-88642\" style=\"max-width: 600px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-107-0 ml-slider-pro-2-55-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-88642 ml-slider ms-theme-default nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"CHP Landing Page 2.0\" data-height=\"361\" data-width=\"600\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_88642\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_88642\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88643 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 09:51:51\" data-filename=\"Aminah.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/Aminah.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Aminah from Uganda, Children&#039;s Heart Project\" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88643 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">At 11 years old, Aminah weighed less than 50 pounds and couldn\u2019t walk. In 2004, Aminah was brought to North Carolina for heart surgery. She had grown up Muslim, but as her interpreter shared the Gospel with her, she realized what she must do. \u201cI thought, \u2018This is the time I need to give my life to Jesus,\u2019\u201d she said. Aminah has now graduated from college and has grown in her faith. She regularly attends Heart Camps where she enjoys discipleship and fellowship with former Children\u2019s Heart Project patients. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88644 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 09:52:43\" data-filename=\"Nina.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/Nina.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Nina from Uganda, Children&#039;s Heart Project\" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88644 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Nina was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect when she was only 2 weeks old. However, she was 17 years old before she came to the attention of our Children\u2019s Heart Project. In March 2009, Nina traveled to New York with her mother, Rose, where she underwent a successful surgery. But a year later, she had heart palpitations again. She returned to New York with the Children\u2019s Heart Project for a second surgery. With encouragement from the Children\u2019s Heart Project staff members in Uganda, Nina started attending Heart Camps, and received Jesus as her Savior. \u201cI learned that Jesus loved me unconditionally despite my past,\u201d she said. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88645 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 09:54:06\" data-filename=\"Ruth.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/Ruth.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Ruth from Honduras, Children&#039;s Heart Project\" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88645 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Ruth had surgery in New York in June 2011 at the age of 6. Today, she is a beautiful, thriving 12-year-old. People in her Honduran community have told her that she seems like a different girl since her surgery. Ruth's mother is grateful for her daughter's newfound health and for the support of Samaritan's Purse. \u201cI give thanks to God for my life,\u201d Ruth said. \u201cFor six years now I have lived with health\u2014playing, eating, laughing freely. My heart is happy for the great things that [Samaritan\u2019s Purse] has done for me.\u201d <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88651 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 09:59:22\" data-filename=\"Willy.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/Willy.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Willy from Bolivia, Children&#039;s Heart Project\" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88651 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Willy's doctors didn't have much hope for his survival. In addition to a congenital heart defect, the young boy struggled with other health issues. His mother was overjoyed with Willy was offered lifesaving heart surgery through Children's Heart Project. In October 2014, the sick boy and his mother traveled from Bolivia to Minnesota where he received heart surgery. During their time in the United States, Willy's mother became a Christian. She now leads a Bible study in her community and faithfully attends church with her son. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88646 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 09:54:43\" data-filename=\"Morris.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/Morris.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Morris from Uganda, Children&#039;s Heart Project\" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88646 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Morris\u2019 parents, Betty and Julius, were devastated to learn that their infant son had a heart defect. In addition to worrying about his health, they had to contend with hurtful comments from their neighbors. Mothers kept their children from coming near him out of fear that he had something contagious. Morris\u2019 life changed when he was accepted for surgery in Texas in October 2014. \u201cWho could ever sponsor a surgery and not let us pay a single shilling?!\u201d Julius said. Morris began crawling just five days after he returned home, and at 21 months old, he walked for the first time. He is now able to play with friends in his village, and he recently started school. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88654 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 10:37:37\" data-filename=\"Dolgion.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/Dolgion.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Dolgion from Mongolia, Children&#039;s Heart Project\" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88654 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Before having surgery in Minnesota in February 2015, 20-month-old Dolgion would faint after short periods of walking or playing. His mother, Tuya, worried about him constantly and checked to making sure he was breathing each night. \u201cAll I want for my son is to have a long life,\u201d Tuya said. \u201cWe want him to personally know  the love and mercy he has received.\u201d Since the surgery, Dolgion has returned home to Mongolia. He is healthy and strong enough to spend hours playing with his brother.  <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88647 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 09:55:27\" data-filename=\"Khangai.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/Khangai.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Khangai from Mongolia, Children&#039;s Heart Project \" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88647 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">When Khangai\u2019s father found out his son was sick, he immediately began searching for a way to help him. When he was 9 months old, in July 2015, Khangai had heart surgery in Illinois through Children\u2019s Heart Project. He likely wouldn\u2019t have lived much longer without the surgery. Today, Khangai is a healthy and energetic boy in Mongolia. Through the experience, his father, mother, and aunt have come to faith in Jesus Christ. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88648 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 09:56:14\" data-filename=\"Alice1.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/Alice1.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Alice from Uganda, Children&#039;s Heart Project\" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88648 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Everybody in Budumba, Uganda, knew Alice as the child who was going to die. Many thought that she had been bewitched, and some said the family had been cursed. As a result, Alice\u2019s father left her mother, Rebecca, to care for Alice and her other children on her own. In August 2015, Alice received the heart surgery she desperately needed through Children's Heart Project. She is now a thriving and happy child. Since the surgery, Rebecca and her husband have reconciled and more than 20 people in their village have come to know Jesus Christ as Savior as a result of Alice\u2019s journey of healing. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88649 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 09:56:54\" data-filename=\"Rodrigo.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/Rodrigo.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Rodrigo from Bolivia, Children&#039;s Heart Project\" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88649 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Before surgery, Rodrigo couldn\u2019t walk more than a block without stopping to rest. His skin was blue and his fingernails were clubbed as a result of low oxygen levels. After a successful heart surgery in Minnesota in October 2015, Rodrigo now loves running and playing soccer. Although he was a Christian before coming to Minnesota, the trip and surgery strengthened his faith. Since he has returned home, his whole family has begun attending church regularly. Rodrigo has become a shining example of Christ\u2019s love to others in his community. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88653 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 10:36:37\" data-filename=\"John.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/John.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"John from Bolivia, Children&#039;s Heart Project\" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88653 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">John\u2019s parents knew he had a heart defect before he was born, but doctors assured them that the hole would close on its own. When John was 3 years old, his diagnosis changed. Doctors said he needed surgery, and he needed it soon, but the procedure wasn't available in his home country of Bolivia. John was accepted by the Children\u2019s Heart Project for surgery in Minnesota in October 2015. His surgery was successful and John made a full recovery, and his physical transformation had a profound spiritual effect on his family. Both of John's parents drew closer tot he Lord, and the young boy now asks to pray and read the Bible with his mother. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88650 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 09:57:50\" data-filename=\"Munkhgerel.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/Munkhgerel.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Munkhgerel from Mongolia, Children&#039;s Heart Project\" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88650 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Munkhgerel was critically ill and malnourished when she arrived for surgery in Texas in March 2016. Her father had deserted the family, and her mother, Urnaa, was unable to work because there was no one to care for Munkhgerel. It took several weeks for the little girl to become strong enough for surgery, but once her heart was healed, she improved quickly. When Munkhgerel and Urnaa returned to Mongolia, her father came back to the family. He and Urnaa opened a small business selling wood and coal. The love that Urnaa experienced through Children's Heart Project opened her heart to the Gospel, and she trusted Jesus as Savior. She and her daughters are now faithfully attending church.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-88666 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-02-12 13:52:54\" data-filename=\"Nico_1785BO-A-396_600x361.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/02\/Nico_1785BO-A-396_600x361.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Nico from Bolivia, Children&#039;s Heart Project\" class=\"slider-88642 slide-88666 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Children&#039;s Heart Project Landing Page\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">When Nico was six months old, he caught the flu. He was unable to breathe properly and his tongue and hands turned blue. The severity of these symptoms indicated a more serious problem, and doctors discovered a heart defect. By age 3, Nico was underweight and his energy level was at an all-time low. When his mother, Marcia, heard about Children\u2019s Heart Project, she sought help for her son. Nico was brought to the United States in May 2017 for life-saving heart surgery, but the Lord used this project to heal Nico\u2019s family as well as his heart. Both his mother and grandmother accepted Christ, and Nico\u2019s parents\u2014who had been separated\u2014have now reconciled. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n  \r\n<!-- \r\n      <div class=\"video\">\r\n         <div class=\"scrbbl-embed\" data-src=\"\/event\/2483573\/35236\"> <\/div>\r\n         <script>(function(d, s, id) {var js,ijs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/embed.scribblelive.com\/widgets\/embed.js\";ijs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, ijs);}(document, 'script', 'scrbbl-js'));<\/script>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n-->\r\n      <p>Please join us in prayer for the children who are currently awaiting or recovering from heart surgery. Read more about them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/children\/pray-for-the-children-chp\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n      <p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/what-we-do\/childrens-heart-project-2\/\">here<\/a> to find out how you can get involved in the Children\u2019s Heart Project.<\/p>\r\n   <\/div>\r\n   <div class=\"inset\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<p>LEARN MORE ABOUT <br \/>CHILDREN'S HEART PROJECT<\/p>\r\n\t\t<div id=\"article-list\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-link\"><a href=\"\/children\/donate-childrens-heart-project\/#recent-stories\">RECENT STORIES<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-link\"><a href=\"\/children\/donate-childrens-heart-project\/#timeline\">TIMELINE<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\t   \r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- END TOP MAIN INFORMATION SECTION -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<!-- THIS WILL BE THE ARTICLE PINBOARD SECTION -->\r\n<div class=\"section2 column intial\">\r\n\t<a name=\"recent-stories\">&nbsp;<\/a>\r\n   <div class=\"inset\">\r\n      <p>READ RECENT STORIES FROM<br \/> CHILDREN'S HEART PROJECT<\/p>\r\n   <\/div>\r\n   <div class=\"scrbbl-embed\" data-src=\"\/board\/2483570\/35161\"> <\/div>\r\n   <script>(function(d, s, id) {var js,ijs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/embed.scribblelive.com\/widgets\/embed.js\";ijs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, ijs);}(document, 'script', 'scrbbl-js'));<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- END ARTICLE PINBOARD SECTION -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<!-- TIMELINE SECTION -->\r\n<div class=\"section3 column intial\">\r\n\t<a name=\"timeline\">&nbsp;<\/a>\r\n   <h3>A Timeline of Children\u2019s Heart Project<\/h3>\r\n   <!-- Timeline begin here -->\r\n   <div id=\"timeline\">\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/1997.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 1997\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">1997<\/span>\r\n            <p>After the end of the war in Bosnia, surgery was no longer available. As Samaritan\u2019s Purse began to rebuild the hospital, we found out about a little boy with a heart defect who would die without surgery. On August 5, the Children\u2019s Heart Project brought its first two patients to North America for surgery. Majo and Nasiha received surgery at MUSC Children\u2019s Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, and the project began.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content right\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/1999.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 1999\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">1999<\/span>\r\n            <p>The Children\u2019s Heart Project expanded into Kosovo. After the genocide in the country, there was no access to cardiovascular surgery. In November, Etnik became our first patient from a country other than Bosnia. At the time, there were no known Christian believers in the country. By the time the project closed in 2010, there were Christians in almost every village where the Children\u2019s Heart Project had worked.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2000.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2000\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2000<\/span>\r\n            <p>On July 4, the project expanded into Mongolia. After the fall of communism in the country, surgery was no longer available and the country was ripe for evangelism. In the 1990s, a church planting movement spread in Mongolia. By the time the Children\u2019s Heart Project entered the country, an amazing revival was happening. Between 2006 and 2013, former Children\u2019s Heart Project patients started four churches in regions that were intensely Shamanistic. Today, the project is ongoing in Mongolia.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"Samaritans Purse Icon\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content right\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2003.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2003\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2003<\/span>\r\n            <p>The Children\u2019s Heart Project expanded into Uzbekistan, a Muslim-majority country, and Uganda, where no open-heart surgery was available. The project saw four patients from Uzbekistan and is still operating in Uganda.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2004.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2004\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2004<\/span>\r\n            <p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse had been working in Honduras since Hurricane Mitch destroyed parts of the country in 1998. The Children\u2019s Heart Project made the decision to begin bringing children to North America for heart surgery because there was little medical care available in the country. The project continued to operate in Honduras until 2015.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content right\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2005.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2005\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2005<\/span>\r\n            <p>The Children\u2019s Heart Project partnered with a visiting team of cardiothoracic surgeons in Mongolia to do in-country surgeries for the first time. These surgeries provided an opportunity for children who were too sick to fly.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2007.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2007\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2007<\/span>\r\n            <p>The Children\u2019s Heart Project partnered with visiting teams from Children\u2019s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., to do surgeries in Kampala, Uganda. This team was the second to do surgeries in country.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content right\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2008.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2008\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2008<\/span>\r\n            <p>The Children\u2019s Heart Project partnered with a church in Nepal to begin doing surgeries in country. The church coordinates logistics to get children from remote Hindu areas in the Himalayas to the donor hospital. The church hosts the families, and more than 50 percent of the participants have been baptized in this ongoing outreach. Mayo Clinic doctors visit the hospital to teach.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2009.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2009\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2009<\/span>\r\n            <p>The Children\u2019s Heart Project began working in Bolivia. People in the La Paz area had no access to cardio care, and no other groups were working in the region. The project is ongoing in Bolivia.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content right\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2010.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2010\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2010<\/span>\r\n            <p>A team of visiting cardiologists partnered with the Children\u2019s Heart Project to do surgeries in northern Iraq. The team continued to do surgeries in the country until 2011.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2011.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2011\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2011<\/span>\r\n            <p>Heart Camps began in Mongolia. The camps provided a place for former Children\u2019s Heart Project patients to come together for a week of fellowship and discipleship. Some of the older children who were already Christians became mentors and counselors for the younger children. The camps will begin their sixth year this summer.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content right\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2012.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2012\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2012<\/span>\r\n            <p>Heart Camps began in Uganda, following the model in Mongolia.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2013.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2013\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2013<\/span>\r\n            <p>Heart Camps began in Honduras with five salvations during the first year.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content right\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2015.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2015\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2015<\/span>\r\n            <p>Sheena Basemera, who had heart surgery through the Children\u2019s Heart Project in 2004, began working with Samaritan\u2019s Purse in Uganda as the Children\u2019s Heart Project officer. She used her firsthand experience to guide families through the process. The next year, she moved to Samaritan\u2019s Purse international headquarters in Boone, North Carolina, to become the project spokeswoman.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/2016.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2016\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2016<\/span>\r\n            <p>The Children\u2019s Heart Project partnered with Health City Cayman Islands and Have a Heart Foundation to begin sending children to the Cayman Islands for heart surgery. In the first year of the partnership, 12 children received surgery in Grand Cayman.<\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-content right\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/legacy\/sp-genesis-assets\/website\/2017-CHP-campaign\/1733US-A-903_2017.jpg\" alt=\"CHP 2017\" \/> <span class=\"timeline-date\">2017<\/span>\r\n            <p>Children\u2019s Heart Project celebrated 20 years of mending hearts. Since 1997, the project has arranged lifesaving heart surgery for more than 1,100 boys and girls from countries around the world, including Honduras, Kosovo, Uganda, Bolivia, and Nepal. <\/p>\r\n            <!--<a href=\"#\" class=\"btn\">button<\/a>-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n         <div class=\"timeline-icon-last\">\r\n            <!--<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/2016_Stand_South_Sudan\/SP_ICON.svg\" alt=\"\">-->\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n   <\/div>\r\n   <!-- Timeline ends here -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- END TIMELINE SECTION -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Help Save a Child's Life &nbsp; Repairing Broken Hearts, Sharing the Savior's Love Share Tweet Pin Emaily Subscribe Our Children's Heart Project arranges surgery for children with congenital heart defects who live in countries where the required medical expertise and equipment are not available. 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