Patient donor stories

Cale was on his Birthright Israel trip in May 2019 when a representative from Gift of Life Marrow

“Yes, of course I am willing to donate my bone marrow!” The affirmative answer from Hedy from the

Ricardo is 29 years old and is from Ovar, a city in the North of Portugal. He currently

Brenda Masuku was the SABMR’s first Black South African donor. When asked about her decision to register, Brenda

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