Tag Archives: organ donation

United States of Organ Donors


Every 10 minutes someone is added to the National Transplant Waiting List. Every donor can on average save up to 8 lives. Every day an average of 79 people receive organ transplants and 18 people die waiting for transplants. The gap between organ donors and people on the transplant waiting list continues to widen. Check [...]




My Sister My Friend

My Sister My Friend (CATHERINE SMITH AND ELAINE JEWETT-DONOR) It all started back when my sister was 19 years old. She got step throat and never finished all of her medication, as she felt better she didn’t think she needed to finish it. Lesson learnt, always complete all medication as prescribed….it is so important to [...]

The Search and the Gift

A very amazing and touching documentary about kidney donation from different perspectives. It’s so amazing to see there’re some people out there who do such sacrifices for other human beings; And the more outstanding fact is that, many of the donors and recipients didn’t know each other before. So they gave life to someone who [...]