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About Us

  • Leaving a mark on a child’s heart

The Heart to Heart Foundation

The Heart To Heart foundation is a holistic Kenyan medical charity incorporating a curative program, a preventive program, an educational/research and fundraising program. The medical charity is dedicated to the control prevention and treatment of heart disease in children.

The Heart-to-Heart Foundation was established in 1993, under the Trustees Deed Act of the Laws of Kenya.

The Foundation is a Kenyan non-profit medical charity, under The Karen Hospital.

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  • Programs

Our Programmes since 1993

Heart to heart Foundation has been running four programmes since 1993 under the trustee’s act of the laws of Kenya namely:

1

Open Heart Surgeries

Management and treatment of Heart disease – open heart surgeries in children (curative programme of Heart to Heart foundation)

2

Prevention and Control

Rheumatic fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease – prevention and control

3

Annual Fund Raising

Annual fund raising programmes:

  • Heart Run every March
  • Goat Derby every August
  • Gala Dinner every November/December

4

Research and Development

Reasearch Programmes

  • The Founders

The Vision of the Founder Trustees

CEO Dr. Betty M. Gikonyo
Dr. Betty M. Gikonyo
Dr. Dan K. Gikonyo
Dr. Dan K. Gikonyo

The establishment of the Heart to Heart foundation was a realization of a dream of two founder trustees, Dr. Betty M. Gikonyo and Dr. Dan K. Gikonyo. The two heart specialists vision arose from the realization that the local heart specialists could not treat their patients to the logical end despite their experience and expertise due to the financial constraints experienced by the affected families.

High incidences of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease coupled with high cost of treatment and the need to provide quality care to the needy children made the two cardiologists bring together a team of professional cardiologists and other people who shared similar concerns to establish the foundation.

Through the efforts of the two founder trustees a local solution to reduce cost for treatment of Heart patients was founded. The foundation has grown to an institution of national repute and its impact on the control and prevention of rheumatic fever, the management and treatment of heart diseases has been magnificent.

To date the foundation has assisted or been directly involved in over 600 open heart surgeries on children who had no hope as their parents were to pay.

The foundation owes its success to the support and good will of individuals and corporations, the commitments of its founders, board members and the team of volunteer professionals.

  • Eliminating Avoidable Heart Diseases

Our Vision

Our Vision is to establish countrywide initiative aimed at eliminating avoidable heart diseases as well as ensuring that no child lacks access to cardiac medical treatment because of poverty.

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Our Values

Honesty & Integrity

We are guided by principles of honesty, commitment and integrity in all our actions.

Accountable

We believe in accepting responsibility, encouraging responsible action and being answerable for our actions. Our accounts have been audited since 1993.

Compassion

Our focal point is children with heart disease from unprivileged backgrounds.

Committed

We are committed to establishing networks and encouraging collaboration.

  • Preventing Heart Diseases

Our Mission

Our Mission is to provide curative services to children below 18 years with heart ailments as well as providing knowledge on prevention of heart diseases countrywide.

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Our Objectives

Control, Prevent and Treat

Raise funds to aid in combating (Control, Prevent and Treat) Heart Related Diseases in children under 18 years of age.

Creating Awareness

Create awareness about Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease among the Kenyan Public.

Open Heart Surgeries

Raise adequate funds to facilitate open-heart surgery for needy children under the age of 18, suffering from both congenital and aquired heart diseases.

  • Organization Structure

Organization and Management of Heart to Heart Foundation

Trustees

The authority of the foundation is vested in the Board of Trustees in accordance with Trustees Deed Act Cap 167 of the laws of Kenya. The founding board Trustees were namely Mr. J.J. Mageria (Chairman), Dr. D. K. Gikonyo and Dr. B.M Gikonyo.

 

The trustees fulfil a legal requirement and have entrusted the management of the H2HF to a Board of directors.

Board of Directors

The board of directors formulate policies, provide general direction, guidance as well as approve projects and budgets.

The Administrative Secretary

Oversees Logistics support and general administration.

Volunteers

Willing service to the Heart to Heart Foundation and works at no cost to the foundation

Executive Director

Mrs Juliet Nyaga who heads the Foundation and is responsible to the trustees and board of directors.

 

The executive director initiates, coordinates and directs programmes, fund raisings activities as well as public relations and publicity activities of the foundation.

 

She has by a skeleton staff but supported by Board directors, philanthropists and the community at large.

The Programme Director

The programme director is under the Executive Director and is responsible for programme development, project implementation, organising and coordinating fund raising functions, financial and general administration.