(IsraelNN.com) The Israeli Save a Child's Heart (SACH) organization welcomed its first group of Kenyan children with heart conditions to be operated upon in Israel Wednesday.

The organization locates children in developing countries with life-threatening heart diseases and brings them to Israel to be treated by Israeli doctors at the forefront of cardiac medical technology.

The three young Kenyans, Samuel, 7, and 1-year-olds Hastings and Winfred, were accompanied by two of their mothers. The operations will take place at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon. The children's treatment in Israel was arranged by a Kenyan physician who trained with SACH at Wolfson in anesthesiology.   

Kenya is SACH's 29th partner country, and plans are currently underway to expand medical and training opportunities, including the training of a pediatric cardiac surgeon in Israel. 

Since 1996, Save a Child’s Heart has provided surgeries for children from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zanzibar, Rwanda, Moldova, Vietnam and China.

Half of the group's life-saving services have been provided to children for PA-controlled areas and Arab countries.