Distance takes no part in giving (Portugal)
This story is about two siblings, separated by more than 2000 kilometers but strongly united by a bone
This story is about two siblings, separated by more than 2000 kilometers but strongly united by a bone
In April 2018, Yair was celebrating Passover with his family at a resort in Kissimmee, Fla. Little could
Introduction by Ankica This is my life experience, in which two stories run parallel. One story about
Pedro was born in Madeira, a Portuguese archipelago, but moved temporarily to Lisbon, to study in the National
In 2012, Jorge, a 46-year-old man, presented an enlarged spleen in a routine medical evaluation. This finding, together
“There’s only a one in a ten thousand chance to be a marrow donor,” said the nurse inviting
Rabbi from D.C. meets her Israeli stem cell recipient in emotional international introduction. Stem cell donor Rabbi Eliana
Maria is a young girl from Vila Nova de Famalicão, a city in the north of Portugal. When
On the 3rd of August during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Portuguese unrelated donor collected peripheral blood stem cells
“For me it was just a few hours of time and for another person it is a life!”
My name is Luis Fernando Afonso and I work as a voluntary at ONG Pró Medula. My history
4 years ago, Ezer Mizion reached out to Doron, a perfect match for a stem cell transplant for
“When I saw that a friend had shared a post about Strength to Give on Facebook, I was
On October 24, 2019, the preparation for my bone marrow donation begins. It all started with a simple
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. SCID. The ‘bubble boy’ disease. It’s fatal if not picked up and treated in the
Two mothers! One gave birth to Jonathan. The other reborn because of Jonathan. Three lives forever connected! Last
Nonhlanhla “Noni” Mtshali is a nurse from Florida, Johannesburg. For several years, Noni received multiple blood transfusions, gastroscopies,
Sibo became interested in donating blood while studying at Rhenish Girls’ High School in Stellenbosch, as donation programmes
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful… to have it make
The truth is, a lot of people wait for bad news to register as a donor, and I’m
My name is Eliza and I am 26 years old. Together with my husband Marcin and our daughter
Imagine that you are 10 years old, fighting a rare, life-threatening blood disorder. You need a bone marrow
Veer is a happy, adventurous 3-year-old from the UK. The mischievous child is full of energy and loves
Three-year-old Praise is a bubbly, chatty child; she loves books and reading stories, observing people and learning about