Brenda’s Story
“It was peer pressure” said Brenda Masuku, a resident of Johannesburg, explaining how she became listed in the South African Bone Marrow Registry in 1999. “A couple of my friends at work were [...]
Be the Match
I cannot describe how I feel at the moment: elated, fear, apprehension, hope? A patient needs a bone marrow stem cell transplant, and I am a match for that person. I don’t know that person, and [...]
Why I became a donor
My decision and motivation to become a stem cell donor has a very personal background. My daughter Logan was diagnosed with leukaemia when she was only three years old. While it was a shock and [...]
Carey Symons
I went to donate blood in the little village where we lived and on this particular day Round Table were doing a “sign up to be a bone marrow donor” drive and I immediately signed up. It was about [...]