Medtronic Foundation launches new STEM partnerships designed to address the root cause of persistent inequities by creating opportunity for economic advancement and improving lives through STEM education.
STEM partnerships to serve over underserved and underrepresented students.
GIVING WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST.
New COVID-19 funding for frontline health workers and critical local aid in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities.
New COVID-19 funding for health workers and BIPOC communities.
Photo: Medtronic Foundation/UnitedStates
Every child with congenital heart
disease deserves access to
quality pediatric heart care.
A new partnership with
Children’s HeartLink ensures
more children get equitable care
and have the opportunity to
survive and thrive.
A new partnership with Children’s HeartLink.
Photo: Children's Heartlink/India
Global Innovation Fellows is one way Medtronic volunteers are contributing to health systems around the world to address disparities.
Global Innovation Fellows – leveraging skills to give back.
Photo: Medtronic Foundation/India2019
In Teófilo Otoni, Brazil, community health workers like Creude Mendes de Souza play a vital role in connecting people to medical and social services.
In rural Brazil, advocates like Creude Mendes de Souza are indispensable.
Photo: Medtronic Foundation/Brazil2018
HeartRescue India provides localized solutions to address cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Bangalore.
HeartRescue India provides solutions to address (CVD) in Bangalore.
Photo: Medtronic Foundation/India2019
The Medtronic Foundation partners with organizations that support communities to rebuild and thrive after a disaster hits even after our volunteers return home.
Medtronic employees help rebuild an underserved region in Mexico.
Photo: Medtronic Foundation/Mexico2019
Keith Hebert
Minneapolis
USA
With the help of tools provided by the Medtronic Foundation, Keith Hebert began a meal-packing drive that's contributed 1.8 million meals to those in need.
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Dr. Glory Simon Joseph
Mwanza
Tanzania
Leads trainings for health workers in Tanzania to screen and treat Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD), a type of heart damage caused by strep throat bacteria.
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Dr. Sanele Madela
KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Thanks to storytelling training, Dr. Madela is sharing his vision for healthcare for the underserved at the World Health Assembly and the U.S. Congress, among other places.
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Chie Kishimoto
Japan
Medtronic employee Chie Kishimoto and her colleagues leverage Medtronic Foundation resources to create towel caps for cancer patients during a P6 employee volunteer event.
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Hui Li
Binzhou City
China
From avid athlete to heart patient, Hui Li uses a grant he received from the Medtronic Foundation to fund the Bethune Charitable Foundation’s mental health support programs.
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Lewis Hine
Havant
United Kingdom
At 14, Lewis Hine founded Friend Finder to bring together children with long-term illnesses or disabilities. As a Bakken Invitation Honoree, his good work is going even further.
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Creude Mendes de Souza
Brazil
Community health workers like Creude help address barriers to care by making home visits and connecting patients to a wide range of resources to support their needs.
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Dr. Thomas Rea
Seattle
USA
Dr. Thomas Rea leads a pilot effort based out of Washington State to improve sudden cardiac arrest outcomes.
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