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Bentely’s Story of Hope

Posted on April 11, 2024

When Baby Bentely was born in India in 2021, his parents were told right away that he had a very serious heart defect that needed immediate surgery. Their tiny newborn was placed on a ventilator and referred to the cardiac specialists at Amrita Hospital. It was his one chance for healing. While Bentely’s mother recovered […]

LWB’s Cardiac Care Program: A Last Chance for Healing

Posted on February 20, 2024

What if where you were born determined whether you would survive childhood? Love Without Boundaries began in 2003 with an international effort to save the life of one orphaned boy in China desperately in need of heart surgery. Since that time, we have helped over 1,300 children with congenital heart defects receive the essential cardiac […]

Hetal’s Happy Heart

Posted on January 18, 2024

When she was just a few months old, Hetal became seriously ill with fevers and shortness of breath. Her parents took her to a nearby government hospital where doctors discovered a large hole in her heart — a ventricular septal defect (VSD). Hetal’s father struggled to make ends meet for his family as a daily […]

Two Babies and a 10-year-old Receive Heart Surgery in India

Posted on January 7, 2024

Our India Medical Program has had a busy couple of months. In the last four months of 2023, twelve children have had their hearts healed because of the generosity of our amazing donors! Baby Madhuri’s Heart Surgery Meet Baby Madhuri, the youngest child in the family. Her father delivers fruits to local vendors, and her […]

20 Years of Hope: Joy

Posted on September 14, 2023

Almost immediately after she was born, tiny Joy was whisked away from her mother to undergo emergency surgery for a life-threatening intestinal condition. Days later, she was diagnosed with a complex heart issue as well — an atrioventricular (AV) canal defect. This condition involves a large hole in the very center of the heart chambers, […]

20 Years of Hope: Kaniel

Posted on September 7, 2023

Baby Kaniel was born in Uganda in July of 2016, to the great joy of his parents Ronald and Joy. Their happiness quickly turned to fear and sadness when Kaniel went into distress just a few hours later. His breathing became labored, and nurses came running to whisk the tiny newborn away to the ICU. […]

20 Years of Hope: Raven

Posted on July 13, 2023

Little Raven was born in India in April 2020. Her parents were thrilled at the birth of their first child, but their excitement quickly turned to panic when they took her to her first check-up at 15 days old. Doctors discovered a hole (a ventricular septal defect, or VSD) in Raven’s heart but reassured the […]

20 Years of Hope: Verena

Posted on June 16, 2023

Little Verena was born prematurely to secondary school teachers in Uganda. After spending a few weeks in a hospital incubator, she was transferred to the Uganda Heart Institute where doctors diagnosed her with a heart defect. Unfortunately, Verena’s heart defect could not be repaired in Uganda, as it was too complex. Verena’s only chance at life […]

20 Years of Hope: Reese

Posted on June 1, 2023

Reese is approximately 13 years old but does not know her own date of birth. She came from a government-run orphanage in India and has no known family members. In 2019, we learned of her plight and were able to bring her into the arms of our Pari Healing Home in India, which helps children […]

Life at the Landfill: A Conversation with Amy Eldridge

Posted on April 22, 2023

Our CEO, Amy Eldridge, recently returned from visiting our programs in India and Cambodia. She had the opportunity to visit not only our school programs but also the landfill where over 78 of our students live and work in an environment most of us can barely imagine. Can you tell us about the situation on […]

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