A chance for a little heart

This project was created as part of Vodafone Ukraine's charity program "A Good Deed as a Gift". Every year in Ukraine, about 3,500 children are born with congenital heart disease.

For many of them, the only chance for a full life is modern endovascular surgery, which allows them to eliminate the defect without incisions and long recovery. Such operations are performed with the help of special heart implants – occluders. They are inserted through a small puncture in the thigh, which minimizes trauma and allows the child to return home the next day.

Unfortunately, heart implants are not covered by government funding, which is why the Vodafone Ukraine's Good Deed as a Gift project gives a chance at life to those in need.

The goal of the project is to provide charitable assistance for the purchase of implants and save the lives of 5 children who are waiting for the opportunity to grow, dream and be healthy.

Andriy Yeremenko, born on 25.11.2021, Zhytomyr region. Andriy was born with a congenital heart defect - an open arterial duct. His parents learned about the pathology in the hospital. They hoped that over time the duct would close on its own. But the miracle did not happen. The only chance to avoid complications is to undergo endovascular surgery to close the duct. Andriy lives only with his mother.  The family is not able to pay for the cost of the implant on their own.  The cost of the occluder is 49 500 UAH.

Together we will give children the most valuable thing – a healthy heart and a future.