Save a Child’s Heart

Israeli charity Save a Child's Heart marks 30 years, 9,000 children treated

SACH volunteers and supporters met last Friday with President Isaac Herzog at his official residence to celebrate the 30th anniversary of SACH’s founding.

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog host children receiving lifesaving cardiac care through Save a Child’s Heart, in the President's Residence in Jerusalem, October 2026
Iran, 1987: Anat Mastor (center) poses with Jewish friends in 1987 at the tomb of Hafez in Shiraz, Iran.

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FOUNDER OF the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Morris Kahn in 2019.

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AWO AND Sumaya from Somaliland with Israeli volunteer Ella in the middle.

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Save a Child's Heart saves life of Ethiopian child despite pandemic

SACH and the Wolfson Medical Center team managed to save the life of Benjamin, a 6-year-old child from Ethiopia, who landed in Israel for urgent cardiac treatment.

6-year-old Benjamin at the Save a Child's Heart Facility.

Regional Cooperation Min. Akunis visits charity in honor of MidEast peace

The ministry has worked with the charity since 2010, and has rescued 1,600 children with cardiac issues in Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza and the PA, Syria, Morocco, and South Sudan.

Regional Cooperation Minister meeting with children at the Wolfson Medical Center.

Israeli NGO performs 5,555th lifesaving surgery on Palestinian toddler

"I was sure that my son was sick, that if he had access to the right treatment he could be healed," the child's mother said.

Mahmad seen pictured at Wolfson Medical Center after receiving treatment

A British 11-year old will walk 26 miles to save other children's hearts

Amelie's goal: 60,000 steps for 60,000 heartbeats.

Amelie Anderson

Yuli Edelstein visits new Sylvan Adams Children's Hospital in Holon

The construction of the new building was funded by Save a Child's Heart donors from Israel and around the world. The medical center will help treat children with heart diseases as it will be used as an International Pediatric Center.

Health Minister's visit to the Sylvan Adams Children's Hospital

Baby girl from Gaza saved by team of Israeli, Palestinian doctors

Lama was diagnosed with a heart defect that results in abnormal blood flow between two of the major arteries connected to the heart, a condition which requires medical intervention.

Lama, a six-month-old baby girl from Gaza who underwent lifesaving heart surgery at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel

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One recent evening, a babysitter was looking after some children in their home


Israeli prison officer donates liver lobe, saves life of Jordanian child

“I’m just happy it worked out. My act has a significant impact; I wanted to save a life.”

Doctors at Assauta Ashdod hospital

Save a Child's Heart creates small miracles

“I owe my life to this incredible NGO."

Balkis and her daughter, Fatma, from Tanzania

Save a Child's Heart treats three Kurdish children in Israel

The three children requiring treatment are aged five, two and 11 months old.

President Reuven Rivlin visits children treated for Save a Child's Heart