Childrens Heartlink

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO SAVE LIVES OF CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS - LEADERSHIP AND GROWTH. IN FY2022, THE PROGRAMS TEAM INCREASED IN SIZE FROM FOUR TO SEVEN STAFF MEMBERS, ADDING EXPERTISE IN EVALUATION AND MEASUREMENT, INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT. WE IDENTIFIED ONE NEW PARTNER SITE TO ADD IN BRAZIL (RECIFE) AND NAMED ONE NEW CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (HCM) IN BRAZIL. TWO NEW VOLUNTEER TEAMS WERE CULTIVATED (TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND LEEDS) AND CHL CURRENTLY HAS AVAILABLE MORE POTENTIAL VOLUNTEER TEAMS THAN NEW SITES. WE ALSO EXPLORED AND ASSESSED NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN FOUR NEW COUNTRIES AND DEVELOPED A NEW COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP TO BE ANNOUNCED IN FY23. - INNOVATION. THE PROGRAMS TEAM SELECTED, DEVELOPED AND IS PILOTING CHL HEARTLINK HUB, CHL'S DIGITAL LIBRARY. WE REFINED THE BLENDED MODEL APPROACH FOR NEW SITE ASSESSMENT, IDENTIFIED EVALUATION METRICS, AND BEGAN 4 PILOTS OF THE TECHNOLOGY. A REMOTE APPROACH FOR NEW SITE ASSESSMENT WAS DEVELOPED AND USED IN HYBRID FORMAT. - ACCOUNTABILITY, EVALUATION & LEARNING. THE PROGRAMS TEAM ACHIEVED 100% GRANT SPENDDOWN TO SUPPORT NEW GRANT REQUESTS. WE DEVELOPED STANDARDIZED INTERMEDIATE AND 6-WEEK POST-TRAINING EVALUATION SURVEYS AND A MONITORING SYSTEM TO ENSURE EXECUTION. EVALUATION REPORT TEMPLATES WERE DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT CONTINUED LEARNING. - PARTNER ENGAGEMENT. LEVERAGED CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE AS PARTNERS AND REGIONAL TRAINERS AND EXPERIMENTED WITH MULTIPLE DEMONSTRATION-BASED LEARNING METHODS. - TRAINING EFFORTS RESULTED IN 505 MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED AND 5,090 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TRAINED

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ACCOMPLISHMENTSWE CONTINUED TO EXPAND OUR EFFORTS TO ENGAGE EXISTING AND NEW PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS. WE ISSUED BI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS TO PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS. WE CONTINUED UPDATING OUR WEB PAGE AND LISTSERV ON COVID-19 AND PEDIATRIC CARDIAC CARE AND CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP IN GLOBAL HEALTH WORKING GROUPS/ORGANIZATIONS. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES TO HELP LEVERAGE OUR GOOGLE AD PROGRAM, MARKETING EMAIL TACTICS AND SOCIAL MEDIA INITIATIVES. ADDITIONALLY, WE CONTINUED TO HOST WEBINARS FOR ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN LOW- TO MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES.

ADVOCACY ACCOMPLISHMENTSOUR GLOBAL ADVOCACY EFFORTS CONTINUED THIS YEAR WITH 13 PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS, 6 NEW PUBLICATIONS AND PARTICIPATION IN 5 GLOBAL CONSULTATIONS ON HEALTH TOPICS REPRESENTING THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE. WE CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PATIENT AND FAMILY ORGANIZATIONS FROM LOW AND MIDDLE CLASS COUNTRIES AND DEVELOPED A NEW ADVOCACY TOOLKIT TO BE PUBLISHED IN FY23.