A Japanese nongovernmental organization dedicated to medical support for developing countries will launch a project to save Thai children suffering from congenital heart diseases.

Katsuto Kotani, head of Tokyo-based Project HOPE Japan and chairman of Agilent Technologies Japan Ltd., said this week his group will support 100 operations on children diagnosed with heart diseases at Chiang Mai University Hospital over two years.

The group will offer financial aid and donate medical equipment to the hospital, where some 300 children await heart surgery, group officials said.