Organ Donor Foundation

MEDICAL CONFERENCES

The ODF will have an awareness stand at selected Medical Conferences throughout the year.

Pan African Health Conference & Expo
11-13 September 2008
Gallagher Estate, Midrand

The Organ Donor Foundation has partnered with the Pan African Health Conference & Expo to promote the medical industry.  

The Pan African Health Conference is a one day event that centre’s around the way forward in the medical industry and is aimed at anybody interested in the latest medical innovations with regards to organ transplant technology, cardiovascular disease, current pharmaceutical legislation as well as healthcare funding.

For further information please contact Fuzlin Esau on 021 713 3360 or Email conferences@fairconsultants.com.

A full conference brochure, including programme of events and speakers can be found at: http://www.fairconsultants.com/PAHConfBroch8_1.pdf.

23 JULY 2008
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ORGAN DONOR FOUNDATION

The Annual General Meeting is held every year in Cape Town. If you are interested in attending, please contact our office on 0800 22 66 11 or email admin@organdonor.org.za

AUGUST 2008
ORGAN DONOR MONTH

August is Organ Donor Month and the Foundation embarks on extensive awareness campaigns to encourage the public to become potential organ donors. Through these campaigns we hope to reach more South Africans, thus increasing the number of organ donors and ultimately the number of transplants performed annually. This will bring hope for a second chance in life to many critically ill patients on transplant waiting lists.

These are a list of planned events for Organ Donor Month:

Corporate Civvies Day and Green Ribbon Campaign – 1 August 2008

The Organ Donor Foundation will hold a Corporate Civvies Day on Friday, 1 August 2008.  This civvies day will mark the start of Organ Donor Month.

We would like to invite companies and their employees to support our cause, as well as, consider signing up as organ donors.  We ask for a donation of R5 and each participant will receive a green ribbon.

The green ribbon symbolizes the continuation of life that is organ and tissue donation. Wearing the green ribbon helps create awareness about the urgent need for organ and tissue donors.

If you would like to purchase a green ribbon and participate in the Corporate Civvies Day, please contact the Foundation on 0800 22 66 11 or email admin@organdonor.org.za.

Annual Tribute Days – Cape Town, Johannesburg & Pretoria

21 August 2008:  Fourways Memorial Park, Johannesburg
23 August 2008:  Pretoria Botanical Gardens, Pretoria
24 August 2008:  St. George’s Cathedral, Cape Town

These tribute days are dedicated to organ donors and gives donor families, transplant recipients and medical staff the opportunity to offer thanks and remember all those who have donated their organs so that others may live.

Homemaker’s Expo - 28 August – 31 August 2008

Cape Town International Convention Centre
Thursday to Saturday 10h00 – 21h00
Sunday 10h00 – 18h00
The Organ Donor Foundation has an awareness stand each year at the Homemaker’s Expo to inform the public about organ donation. Please note that this stand space is to be confirmed.

Educational Theatre

Educational theatre is a powerful and successful medium for conveying a message to an audience consisting of diverse nationalities, languages and communities. The ODF will run 20 shows in Gauteng in 2008.

25 OCTOBER 2008 - WORLD’S BIGGEST WALK:  Raising worldwide awareness for organ donation

Ask your family and friends to participate in the World’s Biggest walk to raise world wide awareness for organ donation by walking 5km at exactly the same time across 5 continents around the world.  This event will take place on Saturday, 25 October 2008 at 14h00. Venues in CT and JHB to be confirmed.

If you would like to walk with us or for more information, please contact the Organ Donor Foundation on 0800 22 66 11 or email:  capetown@organdonor.org.za. You can also visit www.worldsbiggestwalk.org.  

NOVEMBER 2008
ORGAN RECIPIENT’S PICNIC
Dates & venues to be confirmed. To be held in Cape Town, Johannesburg & Durban.

3 DECEMBER 2008
NATIONAL TRANSPLANT DAY
This marks the 41st anniversary of the world’s first human heart transplant performed by Prof. Christiaan Barnard on 3 December 1967.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE ABOVE EVENTS OR WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT THE ORGAN DONOR FOUNDATION, PLEASE PHONE THE TOLL FREE LINE ON 0800 22 66 11 OR EMAIL – capetown@organdonor.org.za