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In October 2017, exactly 42 years after the 1st Gift of Life recipient (Grace from Uganda) received her lifesaving surgery, Rood from Haiti was operated on during a Gift of Life International/Rotary sponsored surgical mission to St. Damien Hospital in Port-au-Prince. The Gift of Life Global Network of Caring is now treating over 2,000 children annually through 81 affiliated programs in 79 countries across 5 continents – AND CELEBRATING OUR 30,000TH LITTLE HEART HEALED!!