On 21st September 2019, MOHAN Foundation conducted an awareness programme on organ donation at the invitation of Mr. Saravana Babu (HR) for staff of BGR Energy Systems. A blood donation camp by Lion’s Club has also been organized at the company’s site in Ennore. Ms Ishwarya delivered a talk on the subject of organ donation and transplantation and around 15 BGR staff attended.
A video tribute to organ donors started off the session. Ishwarya began her talk with the importance of blood and eye donation. She then spoke on the following topics in detail:
She narrated a few donor stories and also played a video where Shreya, a hand transplant recipient shared her experience. A video where a donor family explains how they made the difficult decision was also played for the audience.
The audience was very patient and listened to the entire talk carefully and asked questions throughout the session. A few questions that were asked:
The audience commented that it was a very informative session that had clarity and gave them an option of learning a lot of new things. Around 4 people signed up as organ donors. MOHAN Foundation is thankful to BGR Energy Systems for the opportunity.