Hormuud Salaam Foundation funds lifesaving cardiac surgeries for 14 Somali children
In Mogadishu, tiny hearts get a second chance — and a health system finds its stride
For three intense days in late August, the corridors of Guuleed Specialist Hospital in Mogadishu pulsed with a rare kind of urgency. A volunteer team of cardiac specialists from Somalia and abroad scrubbed in, monitors beeped in careful rhythm, and anxious families clutched prayer beads as their children—some no bigger than a bag of rice—were wheeled into operating theaters.
By the evening of August 27, organizers said 15 children with…