Buyantaatar

Buyanbaatar – otherwise known as Buyka – lives in the South Gobi Province of Mongolia with his family in the countryside in a traditional ger, a round felt tent covered in durable, waterproof, white canvas. After several lengthy hospital stays and bouts of severe respiratory illness, he was diagnosed with a hole between the upper chambers of his heart, also called an atrial septal defect (ASD). Unfortunately, the necessary specialized treatment for his congenital heart defect was not available for the six-year-old. So HeartGift stepped in.