Meet Liberte, a three-year-old girl from Haiti. Liberte lives with her mother, grandmother, and several other family members in the countryside where they grow corn and other crops. She loves to sing at church, and eat chicken.
“Liberte was born with multiple holes between the two lower chambers (ventricles) of her heart,” explains our medical partner, Haiti Cardiac Alliance (HCA). “This impedes normal blood flow through her body.”
HCA tells us that as a result of the disease, “she has been slow to develop and gain weight, and sometime ago she suffered a stroke that has affected her left side.”
“She has not yet started preschool in part because of her heart condition,” continues HCA.
$1,500 will fund the surgery to repair the defect in Liberte’s heart. “Following the closure of the defect, normal blood flow should be restored to Liberte’s heart and she should not have further need for surgery in the future,” HCA adds.
“I want to say thank you to everyone who is helping my daughter get better,” shares Liberte’s mother.