On 13th August 2021 MOHAN Foundation in association with Transplants – Help The Poor Foundation was invited at SP High School, Wani to help organise Organ Donation Awareness session The program was organised by In charge of NCC Unit Col. Amodh Chandna on the occasion of ‘World Organ Donation Day’ celebration with NCC Cadets.
The program was inaugurated by Mr Amodh Chandna and Ms Prarthana Dwivedi (Transplant Coordinator of MOHAN Foundation, Nagpur). All the arrangements and crowd management was supported by SP High School, Wani .They took this initiative to spread awareness among general public along with NCC students.
Ms Prarthana introduced MOHAN Foundation, explained the concepts of organ and tissue donation, types of death viz. cardiac and brain death and the organs and tissues that can be donated. She elaborated on the procedure for bone donation, which was a new topic for the participants. She also explained to the group how donation of skin and eyes can happen even at the residence after the persons’ demise. Informative flyers were also distributed to the public. Ms Prarthana described the importance of discussing about Organ Donation within the family and to carry Donor Card always in purse or wallet.
About 100 participants attended session and about 28 pledged to become Organ Donors. MOHAN Foundation thanks Mr Amodh Chandna for inviting us and supporting the cause of Organ Donation.