A baby will never know her mother’s touch
A baby will never know her mother’s touch
How can you value this loss?
A baby will never know her mother’s touch
How can you value this loss?
What would you do to help prevent this?
The Issue:
Pre- and post-partum cardio-vascular issues claim over 500,000 women’s lives annually
Yet to date, there is not a single dedicated research program to uncover the causes and deliver the treatments
The Mission:
Eliminate unnecessary deaths of pregnant and post-partum mothers due to cardio-vascular complications
The Primary Goals:
To establish an endowment fund thatSustains scientific research into vascular health in pregnant and post-partum women
Focuses on diagnosis, discovery, testing and treatment
To allocate >95% of all monies raised directly to research
To support delivery of research results into medical communities that treat pregnant and post-partum mothers
To collaborate, support and build alliances with other institutions which have similar objectives to Sabrina’s Foundation
What We Hope to Achieve:
Broader and better understanding of vascular risks during pregnancy and post-partum
Sufficiently funded scientific research into diagnostics and treatments, and results be delivered into the medical community
Pregnant women can then be thoroughly be tested for risks of vascular issues, and if at risk, be adequately treated to prevent complications and death
Eliminate risk of mothers’ dying unnecessarily from cardio-vascular complications
The Foundation:
Established in 2006, soon after the passing of Sabrina Dwan
Received US Charitable Foundation tax status in February 2007
Governed and run by a volunteer Board of Directors and Officers
The Time Lines:
The Endowment FundTo raise US$15 million for a self sustaining research foundationTo raise US$2 million in 2007, US$5 million in 2008 and US$8
million in 2009, with continuing fundraising thereafter
The Alliances and Education EffortsTo develop a plan for disseminating the research results into the
global medical community
We hope to see that research output begin within 5 years
The Cleveland Clinic:
A Passionate PartnerRegarded as one of the world’s best and most respected medical centers
Proven expertise in medical research, voted #1 Heart Centre for 12 consecutive years according to US News & World Report
Distinctly qualified due to its ability to integrate specialist research & clinician teams
The Cleveland Clinic:
A Passionate PartnerRegarded as one of the world’s best and most respected medical centersProven expertise in medical research, voted #1 Heart Centre for 12 consecutive
years according to US News & World ReportDistinctly qualified due to its ability to integrate specialist research & clinician
teams
The Research ProgramWith our first US$5 million, the program will start funding researchCollaborative teams will expand on existing cardiovascular intervention and genetic
research to focus on maternal mortality issuesIntended to continue in perpetuity
The Fund Raising Team:
Momentum Building . . .
We have begun a series of meetings globally to promote awareness and understanding of the Foundation
Fund raising efforts are occurring worldwide, we are targeting key influencers in the corporate and philanthropic world
Fundraising targeted at individual donors will also be integral to our efforts
Your Contribution Can Make a Difference:
Every financial donation, no matter how small, is important
Your support will help us build awareness of this condition
In return the Sabrina Foundation will:Provide you with progress reports on the research program
Update you regularly on our fund raising progress
Sabrina Dwan was a 33-year old wife and mother who succumbed to post-partum cardio-vascular
complications in 2006
Kiera Dwan is one of the 500,000 babies born annually who will never know their mother’s touch again