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BUT WHY SHOULD I CARE?

Join BMDP and help save lives by becoming a bone marrow donor or organizing a donor drive. Every day, 6 Singaporeans are diagnosed with blood diseases like leukemia or lymphoma, and many require a transplant to survive. BMDP builds and manages Singapore's only register of volunteer donors, providing a vital service to local transplant hospitals. We receive no government funding and rely on donations to continue our life-saving work. Help us recruit 7000 new donors and raise $1 million annually. Sign up, donate, or volunteer today!

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BUT WHY SHOULD I CARE?

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  1. BUT WHY SHOULD I CARE? 6 SINGAPOREANSare diagnosed with a blood disease such as leukaemia or lymphoma every day and many will need a transplant to survive THIS MEANS FINDING A DONOR between siblings there’s a 1 in 4 chance of a match but in the general population the odds are 1 in 20,000 THESE DISEASES STRIKE ANYONEirrespective of general health, age or race and leukaemia is still the number 1 killer of children in Singapore

  2. THE ODDS ARE AWFUL1 in 4 chance that a brother or sister sibling can provide that life-saving match but in the general population it’s 1 in 20,000 WHY ARE WE RELEVANT? SURVIVAL LOOKS BLEAKmany patients require a bone marrow transplant to survive and this means finding a matching donor MINORITIES ARE EVEN WORSENot enough people on the register from all the different racial groups and that’s why we need your help

  3. BMDP builds and manages SINGAPORE’S ONLY Register of volunteer donors and provides a 365-day service to the local transplant hospitals to find the donors their patients need to survive

  4. THE BONE MARROW DONOR PROGRAMME receivesNO GOVERNMENT FUNDING TRANSPLANTSare becoming the preferred treatment for these common diseases so OUR WORK IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL HELP US –We target to recruit 7000 new donors for YR2014. Each new donor costs S$150.00 so we need $1 million annually. You can play your part toSAVE LIVES.

  5. HOW YOUCAN HELP

  6. ORGANISE A DONOR DRIVEGather your friends, tell them about us and help us increase our register. SIGN UP AS A DONOR JOIN OUR EXTRAORDINARY TEAM OF DONORS Takes just a few moments to do your part, and you could possibly save a life in the future.

  7. FUND OUR WORK MAKE A DONATION S$150.00 pays for one new donor – we need 7,000 this year Whatever you share, you get a 2.5x tax deduction and we get to save more lives. BE A VOLUNTEER Help us spread the word! Set up a donor drive within your own community, plan a fund raise party and come up with creative ideas to save a life!

  8. ORGANISING A DONOR DRIVE Be A Voice Appoint a leader for the donor drive and recruit a team of in-company volunteers (4-10 staff) to be our brand ambassadors. • Pre-Publicity Tools • Identify the various communication tools we could leverage to Engage, Educate and Empower the staff on the objective of bone marrow donor drive. Example of tools: • In-house projection system for presentation • In-house newsletters • Notice boards • Video monitors • Printed brochure

  9. ORGANISING A DONOR DRIVE Logistics A hour prior to the donor drive, BMDP team will arrive and set up the venue. Ideal Layout: A room / area to set up with our information banners, long tables and chairs for sign ups .

  10. When leukaemia struck, Jamaliah had just one chance of survival – a bone marrow transplant Brendan and Bryan would both have died without a transplant – today they are healthy and back at school None of them would be alive today … without a matching bone marrow donor. Football crazy, he’s back on the field again after a total stranger gave her bone marrow to save his life

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