A baby will never know her mother’s touch

How can you value this loss?

A baby will never know her mother’s touch How can you value this loss? What would you do to help prevent this?

The Issue: Pre- and post-partum cardio-vascular issues claim over 500,000 women’s lives annually Yet to date, there is not a single dedicated research program to uncover the causes and deliver the treatments

The Mission: Eliminate unnecessary deaths of pregnant and post-partum mothers due to cardio-vascular complications

The Primary Goals: To establish an endowment fund that Sustains scientific research into vascular health in pregnant and post- partum women Focuses on diagnosis, discovery, testing and treatment To allocate >95% of all monies raised directly to research To support delivery of research results into medical communities that treat pregnant and post-partum mothers To collaborate, support and build alliances with other institutions which have similar objectives to Sabrina’s Foundation

What We Hope to Achieve: Broader and better understanding of vascular risks during pregnancy and post-partum Sufficiently funded scientific research into diagnostics and treatments, and results be delivered into the medical community Pregnant women can then be thoroughly be tested for risks of vascular issues, and if at risk, be adequately treated to prevent complications and death Eliminate risk of mothers’ dying unnecessarily from cardio-vascular complications

The Foundation: Established in 2006, soon after the passing of Sabrina Dwan Received US Charitable Foundation tax status in February 2007 Governed and run by a volunteer Board of Directors and Officers

The Time Lines: The Endowment Fund To raise US$15 million for a self sustaining research foundation To raise US$2 million in 2007, US$5 million in 2008 and US$8 million in 2009, with continuing fundraising thereafter The Alliances and Education Efforts To develop a plan for disseminating the research results into the global medical community We hope to see that research output begin within 5 years

The Cleveland Clinic: A Passionate Partner Regarded as one of the world’s best and most respected medical centers Proven expertise in medical research, voted #1 Heart Centre for 12 consecutive years according to US News & World Report Distinctly qualified due to its ability to integrate specialist research & clinician teams

The Cleveland Clinic: A Passionate Partner Regarded as one of the world’s best and most respected medical centers Proven expertise in medical research, voted #1 Heart Centre for 12 consecutive years according to US News & World Report Distinctly qualified due to its ability to integrate specialist research & clinician teams The Research Program With our first US$5 million, the program will start funding research Collaborative teams will expand on existing cardiovascular intervention and genetic research to focus on maternal mortality issues Intended to continue in perpetuity

The Fund Raising Team: Momentum Building... We have begun a series of meetings globally to promote awareness and understanding of the Foundation Fund raising efforts are occurring worldwide, we are targeting key influencers in the corporate and philanthropic world Fundraising targeted at individual donors will also be integral to our efforts

Your Contribution Can Make a Difference: Every financial donation, no matter how small, is important Your support will help us build awareness of this condition In return the Sabrina Foundation will: Provide you with progress reports on the research program Update you regularly on our fund raising progress

Japanese Tax Deductibility of Donations: Donations are deductible for national and local Japanese corporate tax purposes in the year of payment up to a limit set by reference to capital and profits. The annual limit for companies (or consolidated groups) is: ((total capital * ) + (taxable profit * 0.025)) * 0.5 The annual limit for Japanese branches of foreign companies is: ((Total head office capital * (Japan assets / global assets) * ) + (Japanese taxable profit * 0.025)) * 0.5 All donations (including school fee donations) are aggregated in determining usage of the limit. Donations do not necessarily use up the head room available for contributions to specified (“category 1” or “category 2”) recipients. Legislative References: Corporate Tax Law Articles 37 and 81-6 Corporate Tax Law Enforcement Article

Sabrina Dwan was a 33-year old wife and mother who succumbed to post-partum cardio-vascular complications in 2006 Kiera Dwan is one of the 500,000 babies born annually who will never know their mother’s touch again