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Israeli cardiac surgeons from Wolfson Medical Center in Holon and Save a Child's Heart (SACH) and Zambian surgeons perform open-heart surgery on a child in an operating room at National Heart Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, on July 14, 2026. (Courtesy/Save a Child's Heart)
August 1, 2026, 9:15 am
In Zambia, Israeli team helps train country’s first generation of pediatric cardiac surgeons
Save a Child’s Heart program mentors hospital staff with 6-year fellowship, recently donated crucial new equipment; group has helped 8,500 kids and trained 160 doctors worldwide
By Diana Bletter
Edna Adan Ismail is interviewed in Hargeisa, Somaliland on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP/Brian Inganga)
March 2, 2026, 10:43 pm
Nurse to nation-builder, Somaliland’s honorary ‘first lady’ hails ‘natural’ ties with Israel
Edna Adan Ismail, 88, says she was working on forging diplomatic relations with Jerusalem as foreign minister two decades ago, recognizing countries’ shared interests
By Diana Bletter
Morris Kahn, the South Africa-born Israeli billionaire entrepreneur, speaks during a press conference at the Israel Aerospace facility in Yehud on July 10, 2018. (Flash90)
January 1, 2026, 11:16 am
Morris Kahn, billionaire philanthropist who led Israeli moonshot, dies at 95
Businessman who founded Golden Pages and Amdocs also focused on charity, supporting Save a Child’s Heart and the Movement for a Quality Government, among others
By ToI Staff
Dr. Lise Mumporeze, a Rwanda genocide survivor, stands in the backyard of the Save a Child's Heart Legacy Heritage Children's Home in Holon on the last day of her training program in Israel before she returns to Rwanda to become the first pediatric intensive care specialist in the country on November 3, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
November 19, 2025, 10:50 am
Come war, peace or pandemic, African doctors train in Israel to save lives back home
Some 165 medical professionals have received fellowships through Save a Child’s Heart; the nonprofit has helped over 8,000 kids from around the world since 1995
By Diana Bletter
18-year-old Shahad from Gaza is the first child to be implanted with a new kind of heart pacemaker in Israel. It was also the first time the implantation was done through a catheter in the neck rather than the groin. The procedure was done at Wolfson Medical Center, September 2023. (Courtesy of Save a Child's Heart)
September 26, 2023, 5:51 am
In Israeli first, Gazan girl receives new kind of pacemaker in innovative procedure
Teams of doctors from Save A Child’s Heart at Wolfson Medical Center implant cardiac device, identical to the one given to Netanyahu, through 18-year-old patient’s neck
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative -- Doctors and nurses take a child brought to Israel by Save a Child's Heart to recovery after the infant underwent open-heart surgery at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel, on August 13, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 28, 2022, 4:56 am
In first, 4 children from South Sudan to get life-saving heart surgery in Israel
Children with congenital heart disease will receive treatment at Holon’s Wolfson Medical Center as part of a joint initiative by Save a Child’s Heart and IsraAID
By Nathan Jeffay and ToI Staff
The grandmother of 5-year-old Gazan Amir Yichya Mabchuch kisses him on the head before he is taken in for open-heart surgery, at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, on November 21, 2022. (Tomer Noyberg/Save a Child's Heart)
November 22, 2022, 12:47 am
3,000th Palestinian child has heart operation in Israel through Save a Child’s Heart
At 5, Amir Yichya Mabchuch receives heart surgery through organization on Sunday; child’s mother says Gazans know Israeli doctors ‘can be trusted completely’
By Jack Mukand
Save A Child's Heart Africa President Haim Taib (L) speaks with Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (R) as President Isaac Herzog looks on, October 27, 2021 (courtesy)
November 9, 2021, 12:28 pm
In gesture to Congo’s leader, Israeli group to bring in children for surgery
Haim Taib, head of Save A Child’s Heart Africa, surprised DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during state dinner with Herzog
By Lazar Berman
Luleseged Kassa (courtesy of Save a Child's Heart)
August 11, 2021, 5:45 pm
Addis Ababa man battling heart defect gets second free treatment in Israel
Tel Aviv doctors saved Luleseged Kassa’s heart when he was 13, and he became a sportsman; 20 years later it developed a defect and they stepped in again
By Nathan Jeffay
Children from Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya, Kosovo, Uganda and Zambia being treated in Holon, pose with their guardians in June 2021. (Courtesy Save a Child's Heart)
June 23, 2021, 12:17 am
In Holon, a global gaggle of child heart patients get life-saving treatment
Over 30 children from 7 countries are in Israel thanks to Save a Child’s Heart, which has not allowed COVID to stop it from giving kids from around the world a new lease on life
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Surgery at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, September 12, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 4, 2021, 9:52 am
2 young Gambians who had heart surgery in Israel return home after 2-month delay
Omar, 15, and Amadou, 21, brought to the country by the Save A Child’s Heart group, had been unable to fly back due to coronavirus restrictions on international travel
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Doctors perform surgery on a patient at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
From the WebMay 8, 2020, 4:40 am
Palestinian boy braves surgery alone during coronavirus closure in Israel
2-year-old from West Bank undergoes successful heart procedure at Israeli hospital as family kept away by virus restrictions, Reuters reports
Aryeh Deri, head of the Shas party, greets supporters as the results in the Israeli general elections are announced at the party headquarters in Jerusalem, April 09, 2019. (Flash90)
April 18, 2019, 11:33 pm
Let Iraqi baby into Israel for emergency surgery, group implores minister
Officials tell Jerusalem-based medical NGO that interior minister ‘unreachable’ until after Passover, but Shevet Achim says clock is ticking for two-month old Roman
By Tamar Pileggi
Pianist Emily Bear, a 17-year-old American prodigy, will perform at two benefit concerts with singers Avraham Tal and Ester Rada, in support of Save a Child's Heart (Courtesy PR)
December 18, 2018, 2:16 pm
Piano prodigy Emily Bear to hit Israel for benefit concerts
Teen pianist, along with the World Doctors Orchestra and singers Ester Rada and Avraham Tal, will perform for Save a Child’s Heart
By Jessica Steinberg
An Echo Technician from Wolfson Medical Center in Israel, examines the heart of a child at the Save a Child's Heart clinic in Zanzibar, March 5, 2018. (Nati Shohat/FLASH9)
June 25, 2018, 7:36 pm
Israel’s Save a Child’s Heart group wins UN Population Award
Prestigious prize given to non-profit medical charity for saving the lives of thousands of children around the world
By Stuart Winer
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