Team Heart aims to address and prevent Rheumatic Heart Disease in Rwanda. My role has been to help capture the emotional story of this organization, to support their fundraising efforts. This presentation provides an overview of the organization and the vision for helping them to reach their fundraising goals.

1. Team Heart Rwanda
Presented to Hearts In Action, Digitas
Contact: Michael Fasciano
10/16/12

2. We’ve all had Strep Throat.

3. No big deal, right?

4. Untreated strep turns into
Rheumatic Heart Disease

5. For advanced cases, heart surgery
becomes the only solution

6. In Rwanda and the developing world, this
is a huge problem
In Rwanda:
• 30% of Hospitalizations in
Rwanda are heart related
• 20,000 people are estimated to
need heart surgery due to
Rheumatic disease
• 4 Cardiologists in Rwanda for 10
million people

7. Team Heart’s mission is to address and
prevent Rhuematic Heart Disease
The Organization:
• Affiliated with Brigham & Women’s Teaching Hospital,
and Harvard Medical School
• Travels to King Faisal Hospital annually to operate on 16
patients and teach medicine
• Now in it’s 6th year - with a 10 year commitment
• Doctors and Nurses volunteer their vacation time and
pay their own way

8. Strategic Approach
Mission: Address & Prevent Rheumatic Heart Disease
Prevention Surgical Education
Repair of Local
Medical
via Screening for Treatable Teams, Public
Children Cases Awareness
Establish cardiac medical center to serve East Africa

9. My Role: Capture the Emotion to drive
fundraising & grassroots support
Video Overview with Fundraising in Backpack Journalism,
Interviews & Existing Photos NYC & Boston 20 min Documentary
YouTube.com/fasci624
Screenings Work:
Raised $2k at NYC screening,
attracted
substantial corp. donations
during Boston screening

10. Moving Forward:
Film Screenings to Spark Support
• Goals:
– Raise $1 million for each annual trip (x5)
– Raise $100 million for cardiac center
• How:
– Organize national screening tour of forthcoming
documentary
– Additional locations: Medical Schools, Film
Festivals, Art Galleries, Artist Studios

11. February 2012 Trip

12. Land of A Thousand Hills

13. Patient Selection

14. Alumni Photo Workshop

15. Ernest Pre/Post

16. Recovery

17. First Steps

18. Thank You