Meet the children

Lea is a three-month-old girl from Gaza who underwent a TAPVD (Total Anomalous Pulmonary

Venous Drainage) procedure on our mission to Jordan in February 2026.

Akeem is a brave 12-year-old boy, and a very talented footballer, supporting Manchester City. He hopes one day to play in the biggest stadiums in the world.

Ahmed is an 11-month-old boy from Iraq with down syndrome who was born with a complete AV canal defect. His family travelled over 10 hours to receive life-saving treatment in Jordan.

Abdul from Uganda is just one-year-old and was diagnosed with a number of heart complications at birth - a tight heart valve (pulmonary stenosis), and two small holes in his heart (ASD & PFO).

Eight-year-old Joud, from Syria, has faced immense challenges,yet his story is one of remarkable courage and resilience.

Adam is from Iraq and lives in Jordan with his parents as a refugee. He was diagnosed with a large Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) and needed urgent operation to survive.

Baby Shouq from Syria lives in Zaatari Refugee Camp which is the home of more than 80,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan.

Two year old Noralain from Yemen was extremely blue and failing to thrive, when her aunt, Magda found help through Chain of Hope on Facebook.

Five year old Adrian was the first child from Bolivia to be treated by Chain of Hope. Adrian was operated on by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub and the team at the Aswan Heart Centre in Egypt.

Two Year old Podolsky is from Haiti and was born with life-threatening heart disease that seriously affected his growth and nutrition, he was failing to thrive.

Baby Ahmed was born with a complex congenital heart condition, which meant he needed heart surgery to survive. Chain of Hope flew him and his mother to London where successful surgery has meant Ahmed and his family were able to celebrate his first birthday!

Born with a life-threatening congenital heart disease in war-torn Iraq, baby Heba’s luck was transformed when she was chanced upon by a BBC film crew.

There is no cardiac care in the whole of The Gambia, so when 5 year-old Ebrima was diagnosed with a serious heart condition, consultants there asked Chain of Hope to fund treatment in the UK.