Mazen, an 11-year-old boy from the Gaza Strip, this month became the 6,000th child saved by the Israeli humanitarian organization Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), with support from the German foundation Ein Herz für Kinder. Shortly after Mazen was born, doctors in Gaza diagnosed him with a complicated congenital heart condition that would require multiple…
Save a Child's Heart works to improve pediatric cardiac care in developing countries. 50 percent of its patients are Palestinian children from the Gaza Strip and West Bank.