This post was originally produced for Forbes.

This is the fifth and final post in a series from Haiti.

Owen Robinson made that connection with Haiti that so many I met here have when he was working for the Clinton Foundation in 2010. He got intimately engaged in coordinating earthquake relief on the ground, working closely with Partners in Health and other agencies. When it came time to return to his desk in the U.S., he realized he couldn’t do it.

Partners in Health created a position for him and he stayed in Haiti in a new capacity. One day while working at Partners in Health, he came encountered a girl, Samantha Cadet, who desperately needed heart surgery. She had a 5.5 centimeter hole in her heart called an atrial septal defect that impaired her general health, prevented her from growing at a healthy rate and threatened her life.

Samantha Cadet, patient one for Haiti Cardiac Alliance. Photo courtesy of Haiti Cardiac Alliance.

Samantha Cadet, patient one for Haiti Cardiac Alliance. Photo courtesy of Haiti Cardiac Alliance.

Moved by this, Robinson got on the internet, did a quick web…

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