Donate - Little Hearts
Our university campaign for November and December 2012 aims to collect £50,000 in aid of the Little Hearts Campaign
Little Hearts in Africa
There is little reliable data concerning the prevalence of congenital or acquired heart disease in African children, but there is sufficient information to indicate that the burden of cardiac disease is hugely significant. This major non-communicable disease is largely hidden, overshadowed by the incidence of communicable diseases. Congenital heart defects are among the most common birth defects. Many affected children require medical and surgical treatment. Even after treatment, some children may be at increased risk of illness and death because of cardiovascular complications, rhythm abnormalities, or other long-term adverse events. The cost of treatment related to diagnosis and treatment of heart disease is beyond the reach of most of the indigenous population in Africa.
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The Project
The “Little Hearts” project will provide free life-saving cardiac surgery and interventional cardiac catherization for children with Congenital Heart Defects from underprivileged families in Africa irrespective of gender, race or religion. The Project will also:• Provide training to national cadres of all specialisations of medical staff in the related fields of cardiology, cardiac surgery, intensive care, anaesthesia. • Establish a functional, economical centre for cardiac surgery and interventional cardiac catheterization for children in each receiving country.
The Team
More than 75 medical staff from 14 Nationalities comprising of; Cardiologists, Surgeons, Anesthetists, Intensive Care Specialists, Nurses and Technicians make up a team of international volunteers for Al Muntada Trust. 
Our Solution
The “Little Hearts” project will provide life-saving cardiac surgery and interventional cardiac catherization for children and adults with CHD from underprivileged families in Africa irrespective of sex, race or religion. Short-term Objective: To provide treatment following cardiac surgery and interventional cardiac catheterization for children.To provide treatment following cardiac surgery and interventional cardiac catheterization for adults if congenital.
- Medium-term Objective To provide training to medical staff in the related field of cardiology, cardiac surgery, intensive care, and anesthesia.
- Long-term Objective To establish a functional, effective and economical centre for cardiac catheterization and cardiac surgery in each receiving country.
Education
Al-Muntada Education Programmes enhance the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities by eliminating barriers to opportunity and helping people in need reach their fullest potential through the power of Education.
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Capacity Building
Al-Muntada Capacity Building Program is designed to help its partner organisations and NGOs to operate as effectively as possible by identifying their strengths and weaknesses while setting out opportunities for development.
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Health
Al-Muntada works with 27 partners in 17 countries, contributing medical relief to communities that have fallen victim to non-emergency and emergency crises.
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Food Programmes
Al-Muntada Trust Food and Relief Programmes: Malnutrition is a tangle of two mutually reinforcing factors: insufficient nutrient intake and illness. Its root cause, therefore, is poverty ,at the household, community and national levels ,which results in lack of access to such basic necessities as food, health care, safe drinking water and sanitation.
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Water Projects
Al Muntada Water Project : Everyone’s Basic Right
Clean water is essential for life, but one in eight (884 million) of the world’s population does not have access to it. This, and lack of safe sanitation, result in over two million people dying from water-borne diseases every year.
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