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YEAR 2010
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Baroof Abdul received his successful surgery in March 2010. His was a very rare condition, made even more rare by how long he has been able to survive with his “AP Window.” The attending cardiologist in Turkey called his surgery a “miracle” and expressed great joy at her ability to continue helping these dear kids. |
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Sara Muaeed received her successful surgery in March 2010. Her surgery was funded in large part by a college group in TX. For more information on how you can partner with us as a group to save a life, please see our 2010 goals below. We’re looking for a number of other groups like this, to save the lives of other girls like Sara. |
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Deelan Kameran received his successful surgery in March 2010. |
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Dua Arfan received her successful surgery in March 2010. She traveled to Turkey with her daddy, and though he was a thoughtful, caring father, Dua was all too eager to get home to mommy! |
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Sozyar Hamdan received her surgery in February 2010. One of the sweetest little girls ever! Her surgery was a success, but not considered a “total correction.” There is a possibility that she will need more treatment as her body grows and outgrows this current stage of correction. |
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Muhammed Adnan received his surgery in February 2010. One of the happiest, most joyful babies we’ve ever had the privilege of helping! Our cardiologist in Turkey called the success of his surgery a “miracle!” |
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Mohammed Umed received his surgery in January 2010. The blue tint to his skin is gone, his oxygen levels are what they need to be, and he looks healthier than ever! |
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Hamma Dana received his surgery in January 2010 and has finally started gaining weight and growing as he should as a result! |
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Soma Salah received her surgery in January 2010 but she was never able to make it out of ICU before passing away a few days later. Her loss was devastating to all of us, but there were underlying genetic conditions that made her situation extremely difficult. Soma’s death marked a real point of growth for us as an organization, causing us to further refine our selection process toward more “high impact” surgeries. |
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Danar Sami received his surgery in January 2010 and is doing great back in his city in Iraq today! |
Honya Mahdi, 9 months old
Honya Mahdi received her life-saving heart surgery in November 2009. You can review follow 9-month-old Honya on Twitter: @honyamahdi. Subscribe to Honya’s updates via RSS HERE. Follow Honya’s thread of longer stories (with pictures & video) on the PLC blog HERE.
Vary Bahman, 2 years old
Vary Bahman received her life-saving heart surgery in November 2009. You can continue follow 2-year-old Vary on Twitter: @varybahman. Subscribe to Vary’s updates via RSS HERE. Follow Vary’s thread of longer stories (with pictures & video) on the PLC blog HERE.
Mohammad Star, 11 years old
Mohammad Star received his life-saving heart surgery in November 2009. You can continue follow 11-year-old Mohammad on Twitter: @mohammadstar. Subscribe to Mohammad updates via RSS HERE. Follow Mohammad’s thread of longer stories (with pictures & video) on the PLC blog HERE.
Meer Mustaffa, 15 years old
Meer Mustaffa received his life-saving heart surgery at the end of August 2009. You can continue follow 15-year-old Meer’s journey on Twitter @meermustaffa, by subscribing to Meer’s updates via RSS here, or by following Meer’s thread of longer stories (with pictures) on the PLC blog here.
Daryan Salah, 4 months old
Daryan received his surgery with a group of three others in July 2009. We knew Daryan’s surgery was going to be a great risk, but we decided to go forward with his family in hopes that we could still save his life. After six weeks in intensive care little Daryan lost his life on September 4, 2009. You can read about Daryan’s fight on the PLC blog here.
Mazyar Tahir, 3 years old
Mazyar received his surgery with a group of three others in July 2009. Follow 3-year-old Mazyar on Twitter: @mazyartahir. Subscribe to Mazyar’s updates via RSS here. Follow Mazyar’s thread of longer stories (with pictures) on the PLC blog here.
Ruzhan Feris, 8 years old
Ruzhan received her surgery with a group of three others in July 2009. Ruzhan Feris - Follow 8-year-old Ruzhan on Twitter: @ruzhanferis. Subscribe to Ruzhan’s updates via RSS here. Follow Ruzhan’s thread of longer stories (with pictures) on the PLC blog here.
Mohammed Gaelan, 11 years old
Mohammed received his surgery with a group of three others in July 2009. When we received Mohammed he was extremely malnourished. His time in the hospital for surgery was very difficult due to his difficulties gaining weight, some severe hormonal imbalances, and some difficulties with his throat. We sent Mohammed home after a very successful surgery on a special nutrition regimen complete with a feeding tube on August 6, 2009. To everyone’s great shock, Mohammed passed away after two weeks at home, presumably from his on-going difficulties with malnourishment. For all the children we’ve lost to date in our attempt to serve the people of Iraq and help make things right here, none of their deaths shocked us like Mohammed’s. You can follow 11-year-old Mohammed’s journey to surgery and home on the PLC blog here.
Lawen Kamal, 16 years old
Lawen received her corrective procedure in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2009. This will allow her to grow into adulthood and even bear children - two things that previously put her life at great risk.
Heran, 6 years old
Heran had her surgery in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2009. The doctors tried to repair her one-ventricle heart with what is called a Fontain proceedure, but ultimately her pulmonary pressure was far too high and they were reduced to doing a type of intermediate by-pass. They hope to revisit her case in a few years to see if she might be eligible for the rest of the Fontain proceedure. Nonetheless, they are very happy with her condition and believe that they have significantly added to her quality of life as she grows, attends school, & looks to marry.
Shwan, 10 years old
Shwan received his life-saving heart surgery in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2009. Shwan comes from a very poor family and lives near the Iranian border. His dad cried every time he called after his surgery from joy. Can you imagine what it’s like to one week be contemplating the death of your son and the next week be celebrating his life and planning for the future?
Shad, 10 year old
Shad received his surgery in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2009. Accompanied by his father, Shad’s case was touch and go in a number of different ways. Shad succumbed to a number of blood problems and, ultimately, the pulmonary embolism that took his life on June 6, 2009 at 9:20 a.m. In the spirit of friendship and family we still carry-on with Shad’s father, mother, little brother, and little sister and we seek to make good on our commitments to walk with them in both joy and grief.
Roman, 2 years old
Roman received his life-saving heart surgery in Istanbul in May 2009. Roman was a late addition to our list but was added because his situation was severe. But unlike many who are severe, his was one in which we still had a chance to make it right. His parents came through in the crunch and provided their requisite portion of his funding and some PLC friends in Ireland took care of the “foreign funds” that PLC provides to families. All told, this two year old is doing great and moving around like a brand new boy!
Honyar, 4 months old
Honyar received her surgery in Istanbul in February 2009. After many days in ICU she began to improve until suddenly she passed away from extremely high pulmonary hypertension. She was returned to Iraq and buried in March 2009. In the spirit of friendship and family we still continue to remain close to her twenty year old mother and her father as they grieve her loss and learn to live again as a family of two.
Zana Tofiq, 6 year old
Zana had his surgery in Istanbul, Turkey in February 2009. He had a brand new valve conduit put in his heart. See him playing football just two months after his surgery on our blog here.
Lawaran Awat, 4 months old
Lawaran had his surgery in Istanbul, Turkey in February 2009.
Rowshna Hamhkarim, 16 years old
Rowshna had her surgery in Istanbul, Turkey in February 2009.
Ahmad, 8 years old
Ahmad had his surgery in Istanbul, Turkey in February 2009. Ahmad is growing and gaining weight now back in Iraq. You can follow his on-going journey into the childhood you’ve granted him on Twitter here.
Taban, 8 years old
Taban had her surgery in Istanbul, Turkey in February 2009. Get more on Taban here.
Ranu, 5 years old
Ranu had her surgery in Istanbul, Turkey in February 2009.
Brushka, 3 years old
Brushka had her emergency surgery in March 2009. PLC contributed very minimally to her surgery, most of which was funded by our partners at Shevet Achim and their partners at Save a Child’s Heart.
Kadeeja, 16 years old
Kadeeja had her surgery on February 2, 2009 and is living it up back in Iraq today! You can follow her on Twitter here.
Havan, one year old
Havan received his life-saving heart surgery, despite being rejected by other hospitals, on February 22, 2009. He’s back in Iraq now, growing up and (hopefully) never looking back!
Elaf, 2 years old
Elaf received her surgery on December 17, 2008, recovered fully, and returned to a happy life in northern Iraq on January 17, 2009 thanks to all your kind donations and purchases!
“Hussein,” 2 years old
Kurds from Kurdistan Save the Children, long violently oppressed by an Arab nationalist dictator, did everything they could to save the life of this precious child of an Arab family from one of Iraq’s most infamous hotspots: a province threatening to bring the chaos into the Kurds’ backyard again. Through our partnership with boutique clothier Rosa Loves Hussein received life-saving heart surgery in December 2008 and is back and home and well in Iraq today.
LIGHT from Very Dangerous City, 2 years old
We sent LIGHT to surgery in India in cooperation with the Ministry of Health in Baghdad. We are unable to show her picture due to the part of the country in which she lives and threats on her family for their allowing “the Americans” to help them. The family are parishioners of a targeted Muslim religious leader in Baghdad with whom we work.
Rezhin
Rezhin has a hole between the atria of her heart, which causes her to tire with any significant exertion. Surgery will allow her for the first time to participate in sports and walk to school freely. She travels to receive her surgery in a few weeks.
Tarza
The cardiologist who screens Iraqi children in Jordan has, in a rare move, agreed to accept Tarza on the basis of her written medical report from Iraq. It shows that she has a hole between the atria of her heart, with no evidence yet of developing pulmonary hypertension which would leave her inoperable. She travels to receive her surgery in a few weeks.
Shkar, 6 years old
Shkar’s case is very urgent and has recently caused him a great deal of difficulty breathing. His surgery is long-overdue, but doctors believe that he can still have a normal life. We plan for Shkar to be in surgery July 2008.
Hevi, 12 years old
Hevi has a condition called Tetralogy of Fallot, a combination of four anatomical abnormalities. Thankfully, doctors believe she can be fully healed and lead a ‘new life.’ We plan for her to be in surgery July 2008.
Shanaw, 12 years old
Shanaw’s case is very urgent. Though it’s difficult to see under the face-painting you see in the picture, Shanaw’s skin is very blue due to a severe valvular obstruction in her heart. Doctors believe she can be cured through surgery and go on to a healthy, normal life. Shanaw has received all her funding now and we plan for her to be in surgery July 2008.
Kale, 8 years old
Kale’s family keeps calling to remind our partnering organization that their little girl still needs help. Her favorite subject in second grade is English… We’re eager to follow up with her when she returns from her surgery. You can write notes to Kale in simple English here. Kale has received all her funding now and we plan for her to be in surgery July 2008.
Sarah, 8 years old
The cardiologist at the March 2008 screening found that the heart of this frail little girl can be fully restored through surgery. Her internal organs are all on the wrong side (situs inversus) - sometimes surgeons will use a mirror to operate in this case! We hope to have her in surgery in July.
Kale, 12 years old
Kale has cerebral palsy but constantly has a huge smile. It is wonderful to see her mom put so much concern into her daughter in a culture where the mentally challenged are often abandoned. Kale had a large hole, 2.5 centimeters, in her upper ventricle. We helped send Kale to surgery on February 20th but she is only now receiving the money she needed for her surgery. With our partnering organization, we went ahead and pushed her surgery through and Kale returned to Iraq on May 6, 2008 with a healthy heart.
Shayan, 1 year old
We helped send Shayan to surgery on February 20th but he is only now receiving the money he needed for his surgery. With our partnering organization, we went ahead and pushed his surgery through on February 27th and Shayan returned to Iraq on March 26, 2008 with a healthy heart. Before he left the guesthouse outside the country to return home he was seen chasing balloons around the room and laughing big belly laughs… true signs of a healthy heart!
Sarah, 4 year old
We helped send Sarah to surgery on February 20th but she is only now receiving the money she needed for her surgery. We pushed her surgery through on March 23th and Sarah returned to Iraq on April 30, 2008 with a healthy heart. We saw pictures of her in the airport before returning to Iraq playing “doctor” for a number of strangers. She’s been through the ringer and come out a healthy, happy little girl!
Najeeba, 4 years old
We helped send Najeeba to surgery on February 20th but she is only now receiving the money she needed for her surgery. We pushed her surgery through on March 6th and Sarah returned to Iraq on March 26, 2008 with a healthy heart. At first Najeeba had difficulty understanding why her mother would take her away from her home and let the doctors open her heart, but it seems that she is now able to grasped the degree to which this surgery has improved - and in fact saved - her life.
Sharmeen, 3 years old
Sharmeen was marked for urgent surgery in October 2007. However, owing to complications related to the inability of her pregnant mother to accompany her outside the country she is just now (May 2008) being sent to surgery. She still has a long road ahead… but your interest and support has helped to secure the essential next step for a healthy future in Iraq for this sweet girl and her family.
Baveel, 9 years old
Baveel had surgery on January 13th due to the generosity of the good doctors in Israel who operated on him before we had fully secured funding. He had a very speedy recovery and returned to Iraq on February 6th. Baveel was a borderline inoperable case, and his mother wanted to say to the doctors, the various organizations who partner together to make this happen, and those of you who help fund these surgeries, “Thank you for not giving up on my son!”
Juliana, 2 years old
Juliana has Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) and needs immediate surgery. She has been dubbed “the wild child” as they say she doesn’t sleep, and keeps her mother awake until three or four in the morning. On 18th February she successfully underwent surgery. Following surgery she had high fever for a few days but thankfully she is doing well now and should return to Iraq very soon. Thanks for making her surgery possible!
Hussein, 4 years old
The Israeli cardiologist who saw Hussein in Jordan says he has a combination of heart defects which will make his surgery unpredictably complex; he could see full recovery after surgery, or he might need follow-up surgeries every 10-15 years. Either outcome is better than leaving him as he is, vulnerable to sudden death at any time. We had already secured $2,500 of funding for Hussien, but due to your intense purchasing power, we were compelled to give the additional $878 that he needed! He had his surgery 24th February and although his operation went according to plan, his heart did not keep a steady rhythm. so after waiting 2 weeks with an external pacemaker the doctors decided to fit an small internal pacemaker. He’s still in Israel waiting for the doctor to give him the ok to return home.
Rebar, 3 years old
Rebar was born with a large hole between the ventricles of his heart. An Israeli cardiologist who saw him in October 2007 in Jordan put him down for “intervention in near future” due to the risk that developing pulmonary hypertension could leave him inoperable. Thanks to our partnership with Kurdistan Save the Children he successfully underwent surgery on February 18th. He is now continuing to recover in Israel and hopefully will return home soon.
Aria, 2 years old
Doctors at the October 2007 screening in Jordan found that little Aria has the features of Down Syndrome and six fingers on his right hand, as well as a heart defect commonly found in Down children. Thanks to our partnership with Kurdistan Save the Children Aria successfully underwent his surgery on 21st February which should allow him to grow into adulthood. He will undergo one last minor operation to fix his right thumb, which has a small deformity before returning home to Iraq.
Delshad, 5 years old
Delshad has a hole between the ventricles of his heart, and was singled out by Israeli doctors at the October 2007 screening in Jordan as a child who needs surgery in the near future, before pulmonary hypertension would leave him inoperable. Thanks to your continued advocacy and purchases, BSSL contributed almost 40% of the necessary funds and he underwent surgery December 30th which needed to be followed by another operation to repair a valve a few days later. He recovered well from his surgeries and he returned to Iraq February 2, 2008.
Hedi, 8 months old
Thanks to an anonymous gift directly to our partner organization on behalf of The Preemptive Love Coalition, Hedi was able to have the operation he needed to fix the hole between the ventricles of his heart. He underwent surgey 19th November 2007 and returned to Iraq Dec 12th 2007 after a speedy recovery and at such a tender age. Your advocacy among your friends is apparently working! Keep it up.
Hussein, 3 years old
Hussein is from one of the few Arab (non-Kurdish) families who made it safely to the October 2007 screening. Doctors singled him out as urgent, as he periodically runs out of breath and cries. Hussein’s older sister is also a victim of heart disease - only she did not survive. Thanks to an anonymous gift to Shevet Achim on behalf of The Preemptive Love Coalition, Hussein sucessfully had his life saving surgery on 17th December 2007 - a 7 hour operation. He returned to Iraq 13th January 2008 after making a good recovery in Israel. Thanks for all you are doing.
Aras, 12 years old
Aras should have had surgery as an infant, and thanks to your thoughtful buying practices and great compassion Aras was able to get that surgery he needed. This surgery was co-sponsored by The Preemptive Love Coalition and other private donors with PLC paying over 68% of the $7,000 base. Aras is expected to lead a normal life now with his mended heart! He returned to Iraq February 2008 and is making a remarkable recovery. His family are so thankful for our part in helping save their son’s life.
Pre-Op Heart Screening
$16,000 for 21 Children to Heart Screening
The Preemptive Love Coalition, Rayalla Organization, and Kurdistan Save the Children and other local partners raised and distributed over $16,000 in 2008 to 21 children and their families so they could travel to Amman, Jordan for heart screening. Twenty of these children were approved for surgery. Seven of them went straight to surgery due to the severity of their case. Others were placed in line until funds were available to fund their surgeries.
Dyarko, 2.5 years old
Being extremely poor, Dyarko’s family borrowed all of the money just to get him to the heart screening. This is the first family you ever helped by buying our hand-made shoes from the Kurds of northern Iraq. You paid part of their travel expenses to get them out of the country.
2010 Fifty Family Focus.
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Churches, Mosques, Schools, & Clubs. Churches, universities, and other organized groups were the backbone of our large fundraising efforts in 2009—and we’re looking to make an even more concerted effort in 2010 to mobilize those who are already organized and passionate about impacting the world. We’re looking for at least 12 churches, mosques, synagogues, universities, youth groups, etc to adopt an single Iraqi child to raise life-saving awareness and funds on his/her behalf. Group goals usually range between $5,000–10,000—though we’ve seen junior high groups raise over $8k and college students pull together $30k! |
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Airfare, Food, & Housing. Imagine driving two days straight in a rickety taxi, through hostile territory, with a failing heart to get life-saving surgery. Thankfully, we don’t have to do that! Or imagine living out of hotels and eating out every meal. Thanks to our guest house near the hospital, we don’t do that either! When you adopt one of these costs, you help us plan wisely for future surgeries. |
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Share of Surgical Expenses. Even in the States, there are only a relative handful of surgeons who can perform these pediatric heart surgeries. And then these surgeries start at $20,000 and easily run over $100k. So the prices we get from the Anadolu Medical Center are a real testament to the generosity of their staff and their vision as an organization. These remaining $500 shares help pay for real materials costs and plan for the longevity of our partnership. Google “corporate gifts” and tell us that your employees wouldn’t be more happy saving a child’s life! |
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Monthly Life-Saver Emphasis. In this work, there is not much that can compare to the knowledge that Iraqi kids have an assembled team of monthly sponsors dedicated to impacting their lives over and over again. That’s why we call this the highest impact gift you can make—ensuring we have the liquidity to budget and send children to surgery every month. |
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