by Admin | Jul 16, 2019 | Organ Donor Awareness, Organ Donor Stories
Growing up, medical aid and visits to doctors was not part of our family budget. We were nursed at home, by mum or grandma with traditional medicines. It worked and we lived healthy lives. In mid 2007 I was doing my last delivery of the day in the area I live, I run...
by Admin | Jun 20, 2019 | Organ Donor Awareness, Organ Donor Stories
Life as we know it came to a complete standstill in June 2018 when our oldest daughter, Tanya was diagnosed with end stage renal failure. We are a close family living in a log cabin build by my husband’s great grandfather. We live at Tugela Beach on the KZN North...
by Admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Organ Donor Awareness, Organ Donor Stories
Triven Moonsamy was one of the recipients who participated in our Fireworx/Hero777 Bravissimo event last year. We first met him in 2013 when both he and Matthew, as awaiting transplant patients, got to meet Chad Le Chlos in the run up to the 2013 World Transplant...
by Admin | Aug 27, 2018 | Organ Donor Awareness, Organ Donor Stories
I have always had a heart for cancer patients. When I was in high school I knew that one day I would make a difference in the lives of cancer patients. Little did I know what a big impact I would have! It all started with me hearing about a two year old girl who...
by Admin | May 2, 2018 | Organ Donor Awareness, Organ Donor Stories
This is a story about Matt who’s here today by the grace of God and the compassion of a family he’ll never know. My son had a heart transplant nearly 17 years ago. He never talks about it so I will tell my part of it. In the July school holidays in 2001 Matt went...