OUR MISSION

To facilitate and coordinate medical support programs for marginalized children affected by heart disease, so as to restore health, hope and happiness.

OUR VISION

A self-sufficient congenital heart program that can provide the necessary medical care to children who suffer from heart defects and disease, especially for those who have few resources to pay for such care.

 

OUR VALUES

Care, Outreach, Empathy and Support.

OUR MOTTO

Touch a child’s life

 

HISTORY

In 1992, Peter Mbogo Kamau’s daughter was diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease. She needed open heart surgery, which at the time could not have been performed in Kenya and was taken to Apollo Hospital in India. Sadly, she did not pull through. Due to a late diagnosis and the long period it took the family to raise the colossal amount of money required, her condition had deteriorated and she was too weak. She died and was buried in India.

That experience and encounters from desperate families of heart patients seeking to raise money for their surgeries moved Peter to resign from his job as a tour guide and devoted himself to helping these families find a solution. Take Heart Association Project (THAP) was thus born out of grief and compassion for others.

The organization was officially registered as a non-governmental organization in Kenya in 1996 and as a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the United States in 2002. After Mr. Kamau’s death, CFACH registered a DBA known as Care for a Child’s Heart (CFACH) to better reflect the patients that we serve.

A group of individuals who shared Mr. Kamau’s passion, took the mantle and for the last several years have dedicated their time and efforts towards this worthy cause.

 

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

Since it’s establishment CFACH has delivered life-saving surgeries to children with congenital heart disease (CHD), CFACH has supported over 500 children, with 352 undergoing successful cardiac surgeries. As a trusted and wellestablished organization, CFACH has a proven track record of success in providing critical surgical care to children with CHD in Kenya. CFACH continues to sponsor heart surgeries, pre- and post-diagnostic tests, accommodation at the family support center, regular medicine supply, transportation to and from hospital facilities and other medically related assistance.

CFACH targets underprivileged children in East, Central and South Africa that are suffering from congenital heart disease (CHD).

To Reach Us:

Our Office

Kenyan Address: Ruiru, Membley Estate, Bethel Court, House # BC013 Nairobi

USA Address: 2800 Broadway Street, Suite C #248 | Pearland, TX 77581 501(c)(3) in United States

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