“Indian Social Institute”, invited MOHAN Foundation to conduct an awareness programme for their alumni members on 17th November 2013 at Loyola Vikas Kendra, Mundgod, Bengaluru. Since this institute helps the rural community, the session was attended by villagers, students and social activists. Mr. Chand Peer and Fr. Jerome from Indian Social Institute was present for the event.
Ms.Smeja Paul, Project Manager, MOHAN Foundation explained the concept of organ donation, brain death, and age criteria for donating organs. She also briefed the group on steps to be followed prior to eye donation which can happen during natural death as well. Legal aspects and significance of the tests conducted to established brain death were also discussed.
Participants had no basic idea about organ donation and they shared their concerns and views on the subject at the start of the session.
Ms. Smeja touched upon the various myths and misconceptions that stop people from actively pledging their organs. Quite a few participants agreed that these were the main reasons they find even amongst their peers and hence our country has such poor organ donation rate.
Out of a group of 120 members who attended the programme, 63 pledged their organs and took up the responsibility of being ambassadors for this noble cause. The programme was very effective and gave the participants a chance to discuss about organ donation.
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