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IN THE BUSINESS OFSAVING LIVES
No. 1 KILLERof children in developed countries
WHAT MAKES US RELEVANT
1 in 6Singaporeans are diagnosed with a blood disease such as leukaemia or lymphoma every day
STRIKES ANYONEirrespective of general health, age or race
1 in 4chance a sibling can provide that life-saving match
WHAT MAKES US RELEVANT
SURVIVAL LOOKS BLEAKmany patients require a bone marrow transplant to survive andthis means finding a matching donor
1 in 20,000odds of finding a match in the general population
1BMDP 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
BUILD AND MANAGESingapore’s ONLY Register of volunteer donors
WHAT WE DO
FIND DONORSwork for the local hospitals finding a matching donor fortheir patients
COUNSEL AND INFORMATIONfor patients and donors on Bone Marrow Transplants
DONOR ADVOCACYfrom Confirmatory Typing to Blood Stem Cell Harvest
TRANSPLANT SERVICES
MATCH PATIENTS WITH DONORS365 day service to the transplant hospitals to identify a donor- locally or in our global network – for patients
GLOBAL COURIERSvolunteer couriers providing door to door delivery of Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cells
InternationalRegister
THE SEARCH PROCESS
BMDPRegiste
r
A MATCHIS FOUNDSearch Requests
• Confirmatory Typing• Donor Harvest• Donor Workup• Activate international Couriers
to hand-carry stem cells to the hospital
PushingSearch Out
Globally
BMDP manages 45 requests each month
Returning ResultsLOCAL TRANSPLANTHOSPITALS
RAISE AWARENESSwhy Singapore needs a donor register
BUILDING THE REGISTER
RECRUIT 5,000 DONORS A YEARthe more donors on the register, the better the chances ofsurvival for the patients
PARTNER THE CORPORATE SECTORhelp us reach a defined audience and host donor recruitment drives
THE BONE MARROW DONOR PROGRAMME receives NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING TRANSPLANTS are becoming the preferred treatment for these common diseases so OUR WORK IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL
PLEASE HELP US – play your part to SAVE LIVES
HOW YOUR ORGANISATIONCAN HELP
FUNDRAISINGPartner us for staff engagement activities with a community focus
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP
ADOPTThe BMDP as your preferred charity
Local Relevance, Global Impact
SPONSOROur Annual Fundraising Gala – celebrating 20 years in 2013
CORPORATE SPONSORS
Young NTUCDrew & Napier
HOW YOUCAN HELP
VOLUNTEERwe need more volunteers to help our donor recruitment
PERSONAL COMMITMENT
SIGN UP AS A DONORand bring some friends
BE A “FRIEND OF THE BMDP”become a REGULAR financial sponsor
TESTIMONIALS FROMVOLUNTEERS, DONORS & SURVIVORS
THERE'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF.
Its perfectly natural to be afraid
but when it comes to saving a life,
Saad, 26
PATIENT’S BROTHER
IT’S A GIFT OF LIFEthat she gave to me.
Ng Yi Yong, 31
PATIENT
After the procedure, your life is back
to normal but to someone else,
YOUR DONATION
HAS CHANGED
THEIR LIFE
Shalini Nair, 26
DONOR
There WON'T BE A
SECOND CHANCE
FOR THEM to find another donor.
Most of the time, It’s just you.
Ng Chin Sheng, 33
DONOR
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