Kanu Heart Foundation

Continuing on our theme of indigenous foundations the Kanu Heart Foundation's goals include "...to alleviate the problem of heart related diseases in Africa, the Kanu Nwankwo Heart Foundation plans to establish five specialist hospitals in several African countries and dozens of clinics in Nigeria. The Foundation also plans to promote the research for heart disease and other related conditions and disseminate the useful results of such research. In addition the Foundation, aims to mobilise international goodwill from multi-national companies and corporate bodies in order to send as many Africans as possible in need of heart surgery to Europe for this surgery, pending the completion of the proposed specialist hospitals..."