Thousands of boys and girls are born with serious heart defects each year. Without surgery, many won’t survive past childhood.

Through Children’s Heart Project, Samaritan’s Purse arranges life-saving operations for boys and girls who live in countries where the specialist care they urgently need isn’t available.

This year, will you prayerfully consider helping one more child receive life-saving surgery in Jesus’ Name? Your support will give a child a brand new future and open powerful doors for the Gospel.

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SEE CHILDREN RECEIVING SURGERY THIS YEAR

“My son has a new heart – and so do I!”

Perevsuren’s son, Erdene, was born with a life-threatening heart condition. But the surgery he urgently needed wasn’t available in their home country of Mongolia.

For 5 years Perevsuren watched her son struggle as his little heart and lungs worked overtime to try and keep up with his friends. Then she got connected with Children’s Heart Project.

“I know now that it’s because of God and Samaritan’s Purse that everything happened,” said Perevsuren.

Together with an interpreter, Perevsuren and Erdene travelled to the United States, where surgeons were able to repair Erdene’s tiny heart. During their stay, a volunteer host family cared for them with extraordinary kindness.

Through the love shown to her family, Perevsuren began asking questions about Jesus. After going through The Greatest Journey discipleship course designed for Operation Christmas Child shoebox recipients, she placed her faith in Christ.

Today, Perevsuren reads a Children’s Bible with Erdene. His favourite story? The Good Samaritan—because it’s a story of kindness shown toward someone who would have otherwise been left for dead.

This year, Samaritan’s Purse UK is supporting 12 more surgeries for boys and girls in Mongolia. But we need your help to continue this important work. Will you help give children like Erdene a new heart, and a new future?

Your gift of £100 can help share the cost of life-saving heart surgery in Jesus’ Name.

HELP HEAL A CHILD'S HEART

What Life Is Like Without Surgery

Children born with serious heart defects often struggle for every breath. Their hearts and lungs work overtime. They tire easily. They can’t keep up with other boys and girls their age. As they get older, their condition only gets worse.

For families in countries without access to specialist cardiac care, diagnosis of a serious congenital heart defect can feel overwhelming.

That’s why the Children’s Heart Project was started: to give these boys and girls a second chance at life.

Since 1997, more than 1,600 children have received life-saving heart surgery through Children’s Heart Project.

A Child’s Journey to a Healthy Heart

Each child who receives surgery through Children’s Heart Project is treated with the utmost care and attention:

1. Medical Tests: Rigorous medical tests are carried out to ensure accurate diagnoses
2. Travel & Care: Children are flown to world-renowned hospitals to ensure the best possible care in places like North America, South Korea, Spain, and Grand Cayman
3. Language Support: A Christian interpreter accompanies the child and guardian to reduce language barriers and to share the Gospel
4. Costs: All travel and medical expenses are covered
5. Host family care: A volunteer host family who lives near the hospital welcomes and cares for the child, guardian, and interpreter during their stay
6. Surgery: Top-class surgeons perform the child’s heart operation
7. Recovery and return home:  Once the child is strong enough to return home they receive ongoing follow-up care and health checks
8. Long-term support:  At age 5, children are invited to attend Heart Camp where they hear the Gospel and meet lifelong friends who have been through CHP just like them

When you give, you become part of this worldwide team that is bringing healing and wholeness to thousands of children.

Not Only Hearts Healed — Souls Reached

In addition to providing life-saving surgery, Samaritan’s Purse shares the message of Christ with every surgery. As a result, many families are coming to faith through this project.

When a child returns home healthy, doors open for the Gospel in ways families never expected. In Mongolia alone, at least six house churches have formed through the work of Children’s Heart Project. 

Not only are hearts being repaired. Lives are being redeemed in Jesus’ Name.

Children Waiting This Year

We are so excited about what God is doing through Children’s Heart Project. But our hearts break for all the children just like Erdene in need of surgery, and the parents like Perevsuren who worry about their child’s condition.

That’s why this year, Samaritan’s Purse UK is supporting heart surgeries for children from Mongolia, including:

Please be praying for successful surgeries for each of these children this year:

• For safe and successful surgery
• For complete healing and long-term health
• For families to encounter Jesus’ love

Will you help mend one more tiny heart in Jesus’ Name?

Through your gift, a child who once struggled for breath will run freely, a mother who feared the worst will rejoice, and an entire family could step into new life in Christ.