In their initial meeting, Dr. Kanishka Ratnayaka could tell that Dr. Sulaiman Lubega was a skilled, intelligent hard worker, and he was committed to the children of Uganda. That was the foundation for Dr. Ratnayaka making the decision that World Children’s Initiative (WCI) should invest in Dr. Lubega and the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) ….
Dr. Shanta Ratnayaka, a professor of religious studies at the University of Georgia, dedicated husband and father, and humble humanitarian. The Shanta Education Fund honors the late Dr. Ratnayaka’s dedication to issues of educational access, by providing scholarships and curricular programs for promising students from economically marginalized circumstances. World Children’s Initiative (WCI) is partnering with…
On September 5-8, 2018, the annual scientific sessions of the Pediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium (PICS-AICS) took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grant. This is the largest meeting of pediatric and adult interventional cardiologist focused on pediatric and adult congenital heart disease around the world. The conference features live cases transmitted…
The World Needs a Good Story… IOWA CITY, IA – September 2nd, 2017 At the end of the first quarter of the college football game between Iowa and Wyoming, the Iowa fans turned toward the towering University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital that overlooks Kinnick Stadium. In unison, they all waved to the sick…
The children’s book, “Gift of Gift” is now available online and in store! “Gift of Gift” is the second book to the Super Amazing Princess Heroes story written by Sanjay Nambiar, Author and CEO of SAPH and illustrated by Sedi Pak. This story was inspired by WCI’s first Project Heart: Uganda patient, Gift, who we…
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