Brazil
Health
Free Heart Surgeries for Rio's Poor Children
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesPoor children born with cardiac problems need surgery, but have trouble getting care from public hospitals, which lack physical and infrastructural resources. A large number of poor children born with cardiac problems die waiting for treatment. If they do receive treatment from the public health system, it is generally by doctors without adequate skills. When the case is complex, treatment can endanger rather than improve the child's condition. Rio has no children’s hospital. ActivitiesEach child undergoes a detailed assessment consisting of medical examinations, ECG, and echocardiogram. Diagnosis and treatment are carried out by a professional team of specialists. Once the diagnosis is made the treatment is determined. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $4,500 Funding InformationThis project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available. Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $4,500. The original project funding goal was $4,500. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactThere is nothing sadder than a parent who is unable to save a dying child simply because he does not have the financial resources required. Every life is precious. Project Message
Taking care of these young lives, we learn that being able to serve is a great privilege: the privilege to replace with a smile the expression of pain on... a child suffering from heart disease. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Rosa Célia Pimentel Barbosa, Project SponsorDreams Can Be Foundation/Dreams Brasil Organization
Learn more about Dreams Can Be Foundation and the project team. Dreams Can Be Foundation's Funded Projects on GlobalGivingWhere this Project is LocatedCountry
This project is located in For more information about Brazil, read the Human Development Report on Brazil or the Wikipedia entry for Brazil. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on March 29, 2007. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 31, 2005. Latest Update from the FieldUpdate for donors and inf on new children's hospitalBy Dra. Rosa Celia Barbosa - Founder of Project, March 29, 2007 04:10 PM
The project that was listed on Global Giving has now been fully funded and the amount raised was the equivalent of one heart surgery for a child. We want to thank all the donors that made contributions for this project as you are saving not only the life of a child - but entire families from the grief of losing a child and only because they could not afford the life saving surgery that is available to families of means. I have included in this update some preliminary information about a Childrens hospital that we are beginning to raise funding for - it will be this projects hospital. They are doing the work under the leadership of Dra. Rosa and her many believers. Read 1 more "Updates from the Field" | Comment on this update How Else You Can Help |
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