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