Patient donor stories

如需中文文本，請點擊此處 (For Chinese text, please click here:) 紅十字會輸血服務中心六十週年特刊_Ricky “We can’t get blood from a stone, please give a

While a junior in college, De’mond was compelled to join the Be The Match Registry after reading a

Six and a half years after a successful stem cell transplant, 14-year-old, Rachel Ancer, from Cape Town, has

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

(對於中文文本  請向下滾動 / For Chinese text, please scroll down) “There’s only a one in a ten thousand chance to

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,