On 12th January, 2017, MOHAN Foundation was invited by Ms. Anupam Singh, NSS Program Officer of Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-19, Chandigarh to conduct an awareness talk for their students at the NSS camp of their school. Approximately 110 students from class 12th attended the session.
Students were given an introduction & presentation on organ donation and brain death by Ms. Deepika Arora. The talk focused on concepts of organ donation and transplantation.
Explained the following points:-
Necessity and importance of organ donation
Types of donors
In case of natural death which tissues can be donated
In case of brain death which organs and tissues can be donated
Myths on organ donation
Importance of donor card
It was indeed and interactive session.
Information brochures were distributed and around 10 donor cards were taken by the students.