Hayatbmt.org.uk
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Hayat Bone Marrow Trust
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Excerpted from the website:
- After I was told that my son needed a Donor, I had many questions. Why was no one in the family a match. Why were there 14 million donors world wide and not one match for my son. Why out of 14 million world wide donors only 4% were from ethnic minorities. I needed to know why. So I started my campaign. Started raising awareness. Asked people the question...Why??? And here's some shocking facts that I was told "people actually believe that they will have a major transplant like a heart or brain transplant!" Also the majority of people think that a drill will go into the back of your Spine and chunks will be taken out. After hearing some of these myths, I came to the conclusion that people need to be educated. So, I contacted everyone and anyone that I could. I sent out approx 20 emails a day. Got to the stage where you could say that I spammed people! Luckily enough, an article was printed in the local newspaper. Unfortuantely, it didn't get the response that I had expected. My email address had been provided and not one email! I wasn't disheartened. First major break through was when ITN News wanted to do a story about Dean. I wasn't too thrilled about appearing on TV but at least I could get my message across and that was "We desperately need more people from ethnic minorities to come forward and register as donors. They could save a life." Here is the link for the story that ITV News did.
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