Simplify Healthcare partners with its not-for-profit affiliate, Maker’s Merci, to support the HeartStrings Foundation’s mission of healing through music.

At Connect 2025, Simplify Healthcare employees assembled 8 guitars from kits, which were donated to the foundation to benefit programs such as 6 String Heroes, 50/50/50, and Heroes Circle—bringing connection and healing to U.S. military veterans, service members, and their families affected by trauma or life-changing challenges.

“Music is a universal language that brings people together, and through this initiative, we are proud to give back in a way that supports resilience and healing,” said Mohammed Vaid, CEO and Chief Solution Architect of Simplify Healthcare and Founding Patron of Maker’s Merci. “Our collaboration with HeartStrings Foundation reflects our commitment to community impact beyond technology and healthcare innovation.”

“We believe deeply in the power of music to heal, to connect, and to give strength where it's needed most,” said Rowan Pickering, Founder of HeartStrings Foundation. “Seeing the Simplify Healthcare team come together at Connect 2025 to build guitars for veterans, first responders, and their families was truly moving. Each guitar carries a message of hope and unity.”

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About Makers Merci

Driven by values and fueled by a passion for creating a better and sustainable world, Maker’s Merci is an initiative that alleviates poverty and delivers vital services, relief, and support to those in crisis.

The organization helps via donations or collaborates with volunteers and partners to spread smiles and help those in need. Its initiatives primarily focus on food assistance, education support and training, healthcare services support, and filling gaps in elderly and orphan care.

For more information, please visit makersmerci.org

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About HeartStrings Foundation

Our Goal is to help heal hearts through the power of music. We provide guitars to men and women suffering from PTSD or other life-changing events. This includes all branches of our Military as well as First Responders. Music is an extremely powerful tool we use to express Love, Unity, Heartache, Happiness, and Strength. Music gives power to the powerless, courage to those living in fear, and the broken the ability to put the pieces back together, and most importantly, heal those with broken hearts!!

For more information, please visit http://heartstringsfoundation.org/

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