The Heart Kids Blogathon was first held in 2003, and raised a little over $9,000 for the Dr.Mani Children Heart Foundation. The next year was better, with $10,833 donated by over 100 generous supporters.

This prompted us to set our sights higher, and in the 2005 Heart Kids Blogathon, the target set was as high as $100,000. But the actual sum raised fell far lower than this, bringing in $7,150 from donors.

In total, over 1,050 donors have contributed amounts ranging from $5 to $10,000 and more, helping raise over $135,000 in the past 8 years.

The funds are used exclusively to sponsor expensive, life-saving heart surgery for poor children born with heart defects. 60 operations, all successful, have been supported by the Dr.Mani Children Heart Foundation, with funds available for more.

You can read details about them in the performance report - to download it, click here