International Children’s Heart Foundation reacts to news of surgical training agreement in Iraq

International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF), a non-profit organization headquartered in the United States and dedicated to providing lifesaving surgical care to children with congenital heart disease throughout the developing world, reacted today to news of the recently signed agreement between the Ibn Al-Bitar Specialized Center for Cardiac Surgery in Baghdad and the Hotel-Dieu De France Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. The agreement, signed one week ago, states that the staff of Ibn Al-Bitar... More →

Rebuilt Iraq hospital plans surgery on infants

Nearly 900 children were killed in violence in Iraq between 2008 and 2010.

BAGHDAD — It will be three years before doctors in Iraq can perform heart surgery on infants, doctors say, in a country where birth defects are high due to marriage within extended families. “Until now, we have not been able to conduct heart surgery on infants,” said Doctor Hussein Ali al-Hilli, director of the Ibn Bitar Hospital for Cardiac Surgery in Baghdad. “We receive 80 children a day with various heart-related birth defects that we cannot treat. We need three years to learn... More →

Opérations cardiaques sur les bébés en Irak: convention entre un hôpital irakien et l’Hôtel Dieu de Beyrouth

L’Irak se donne trois ans pour être capable de pratiquer avec succès les opérations cardiaques sur les nourrissons dans un pays où les malformations congénitales sont élevées en raison des mariages consanguins. “Nous ne savons pas opérer le coeur des nourrissons. Des médecins étrangers sont venus ces dernières années pratiquer quelques opérations, ou les parents qui ont en les moyens se rendent à l’étranger pour soigner leurs enfants”, explique à l’AFP... More →

Heartbeat holds its annual Gala Dinner and auction

Heartbeat Annual Gala Dinner 2011 Fashion Show

Heartbeat held its annual fundraising event on May 28 at the Casino du Liban, in presence of the country’s finest gentlemen and ladies. The charity, which provides financial support to local children with congenital heart disease, staged a concert and then held an auction in association with Aïshti, Saad & Trad, Bank Audi and the Casino du Liban. The highlight of the evening was the artist Marc Quinn who flew in directly from Hong Kong to attend this gala and stayed at the Phoenicia Hotel. Models... More →

Jamming for a Heartbeat

Heartbeat Concert 2011: Heartbeat goes to the Movies

Lebanese NGO Heartbeat promises a fun fundraiser this weekend One out of every 100 children is born with a congenital heart condition, with about two thirds of the cases going undiagnosed. Left untreated, the child will die. If treated, an approximate 95 percent of infants go on to lead a normal life. This year’s Heartbeat fundraising concert takes place at the Casino du Liban on June 17, 18 and 19. This weekend, from June 17 to June 19, Heartbeat, a Lebanese NGO whose mission is to provide the... More →

For every Twibbon you add, Roadster diner donates 1000 LBP to Heartbeat

Heartbeat is a non-profit non-governmental organization that seeks to treat children born with heart diseases. 1 in every 100 children born has a heart defect and often requires expensive and lengthy surgery and treatment. To help affected families cope with this heavy burden, Heartbeat relies solely on donations from people like you and me. I’m sure most of you have been to a Heartbeat fundraiser event in the past, and they’re doing it again THIS Friday June 19. Here’s the Facebook event link. Roadster... More →

Heartbeat 2011: 200 new patients to be treated

More than 200 additional children with heart disease will be saved by Heartbeat, as a result of the third consecutive annual fundraising concert and gala dinner organized at the Casino du Liban on Saturday, May 28. Since its inception, Heartbeat has saved 800 children through surgery and other medical treatment and interventions. The gala dinner included a one-hour musical show, the theme of which was soundtracks from movies of all times, and performed by members of the organization, including surgeons,... More →

Roadster diner: There goes my heart!

Roadster diner not only actively listens to customers to improve its products and service but also gives back to the community! The restaurant joined efforts with Heartbeat, an NGO that helps children with heart problems. Here is an overview of the problem: The number of cases is growing alarmingly every year!! So how can YOU help? It’s really easy and it can make a huge difference for these children: When you dine at any Roadster branch you can add hearts to your bill. Every heart is worth LBP... More →

Giving a heart to a good cause

Roadster & Heartbeat Give a Heart campaign table mat

Roadster diner creates a heartwarming donation campaign for Heartbeat As a committed member of society, Roadster diner is always looking for ways to be a good citizen and help a worthy cause. As such, everyone’s favorite diner has joined forces with Heartbeat, an organization working on helping children with heart disease. Through an interactive system, Rd is raising funds for Heartbeat, all the while raising awareness for this worthy cause. Customers dining in any Rd branch have the option of... More →

The Fiat 500 makes heads spin at the Heartbeat annual Gala Dinner

Fiat 500 at the Heartbeat Gala Dinner 2011

Saad & Trad, the exclusive distributors of Fiat, Jaguar, Bentley, Lamborghini and Abarth, marked a new charitable contribution with the offering of a brand new Fiat 500 to the Heartbeat Annual Gala Dinner & Concert held at Casino du Liban. Indeed, following the live amateurs’ concert, a Tombola draw on valuable prizes was held by master of ceremony Maxime Chaya, flanked by former Misses Lebanon, Mrs. Norma Naoum and Mrs. Clemence Achkar. The selected winner of the Fiat 500 was Mr. Antoine... More →

Heartbeat… Droit au coeur

Heartbeat. Une association créée par des médecins au grand coeur pour permettre à des petits coeurs d’enfants démunis de continuer à battre. Masculin est allé à la rencontre du Dr Issam Rassi, cofondateur de l’Association qu’il dirige avec d’autres médecins de l’Hôtel-Dieu de France. Avec un timbre haut et enthousiaste, le spécialiste en chirurgie cardiaque pédiatrique évoque la création, le concept et les objectifs de Heartbeat. Et au moyen de mots simples... More →

Roadster diner: Donate a Heart to Save a Heart

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Through an interactive system, Rd is raising funds for Heartbeat, all the while raising awareness for this worthy cause. Customers dining in any Rd branch have the option of adding hearts to their bill. Every heart is worth 1,000LBP that will go directly towards treating children with heart problems. In addition to adding hearts on bills, Rd is also launching an online campaign in which they ask their fans on Facebook to post a twibbon on their profile picture. For every twibbon that goes up, Rd... More →

Thomas Sabo: Wear a Heart, Save a Heart

Wish to offer your loved one an exceptional gift and do at the same time a humane action? Why not get this beautiful Thomas Sabo silver locket pendant and chain* and contribute to saving a child’s life? All of Thomas Sabo pendant and chain* sale proceeds in Lebanon will be donated to Heartbeat to help save the biggest number of children who suffer from heart diseases. Thomas Sabo is a lifestyle brand that stands for exceptional versatility; its sterling silver lines are strikingly rocking, playful... More →

OSB Students Act as Junior e-Marketers for Local NGOs

The financial support many NGOs receive is merely a fraction of the contributions that benefactors would like to offer. But with better marketing strategies, NGOs may acquire the level of financial and humanitarian recognition they merit. Students in Dr. Tony Feghali’s MKTG 220 course at OSB had a unique opportunity to engage in the direct marketing of six different NGOs in Lebanon: the Beiteddine Festival, the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL), the Cornet Chehwan Municipality, HeartBeat,... More →

Music To Children’s Hearts “Heartbeat The Chain Of Hope”

Working for the common good always conveys a feeling of self-gratification. Even more so when it involves saving human lives; and the apogee is reached when it involves infants and young children. Heartbeat brings all this … and much more. The momentum of this organization beats on a rhythm made up not only of dozens of volunteers, but most importantly of thousands of supporters – like you. The pleasure of music is mixed with the serious business of cardiac medicine and surgery, doubling... More →

Heartbeat: Annual Gala dinner and musical performance at Casino du Liban

The noble cause of young heart patients was presented in a glamorous frame at the Casino du Liban, on Saturday April 10th, 2010 during a special gala dinner. The evening featured an exceptional musical performance held to the profit of the Heartbeat association, and offering the invitees a flashback to the golden era of the sixties and seventies. The Heartbeat association firmly believes that financial setbacks should, under no circumstances, prevent a child suffering from a heart disease from receiving... More →

Une initiative humanitaire de Dunkin’ Donuts pour les enfants de Heartbeat

Afin de commencer l’année 2009 sur une note positive, Dunkin’ Donuts Liban a pris, une nouvelle fois, l’initiative d’aider une associaîion en besoin. Cette fois, l’association chanceuse choisie par Dunkin’ Donuts Liban a été Heartbeat, une organisation qui recueille des fonds pour aider les enfants ayant une rnaladie cardiaque. Durant les mois de Décembre 2008 et Janvier 2009, avec chaque achat d’un Dunkatatte ou Dunkaccino et un Donut, les clients ont pu donner... More →

Funds from World Refugee Day concert help save life of baby Iraqi refugee

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 19 (UNHCR) – Nizar* and Jihane* reached the safety of Beirut in January after fleeing harassment and threats in their native Iraq, but their ordeal was not over. Although the couple were physically safe, the life of their four-month-old son was in grave danger. Iraqi refugee baby Ahmad after the surgery at the Hotel Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut. (© UNHCR/L.Chedrawi)Little Ahmed* was born with a heart defect and his parents could no longer afford to pay for the urgent... More →

Aïshti launches the Cartier Love Charity Project at its newly opened space in Faqra

On July 18, Aïshti lit up the Faqra night with a spectacular event designed to launch the Cartier LOVE charity project for the coming year in partnership with Heartbeat, the nonprofit organization for children with congenital heart disease. Last year alone, $42,924 were raised from the sale of the Cartier LOVE charity bracelet, and so far this year, Aïshti and Cartier have jointly raised $42,000 to benefit Heartbeat. To highlight this special project, Aïshti staged a nighttime extravaganza at... More →

Lebanese artists perform French torch songs to raise money for charity

BEIRUT: It may be a surprise to some, but many Lebanese folks have a sentimental attachment to francophone music. So there is some intelligence in having Lebanese artists perform a program of the French language’s best-loved tunes – Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf, Leo Ferre, Barbara and Gilbert Becaud, as well as Charles Aznavour and Jean Ferrat – for charity. On Friday and Saturday night, Casino du Liban hosted just such a charity event, organized by the Heartbeat Association, which... More →

L’association « Heartbeat » rend hommage à Mme Leila El Solh Hamadé

L’association caritative « Heartbeat » a rendu hommage ce lundi 19 février 2007 à Mme Leila El Solh Hamadé, vice-président de la fondation humanitaire « Al Walid Ben Talal » en organisant une cérémonie au Centre Sportif, Culturel et Social du Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour. « Heartbeat » a été créée il y a environ un an, grâce au courage de quatre médecins cardiologues, qui n’ont pu accepter le fait que 500 à 600 enfants (1% des naissances annuelles) naissent chaque... More →