Mrs. Sheetal Mundada went to meet Sri. Dinkar Amin, and discussed regarding to conduct an awareness session in GIANTS Group of Belgaum Pariwar and Saheli in Mahila Vidyalaya Marathi medium School, on 08^th January 2023 at 09:00am.

The audience were 350 in number, the audience were members of the giants group and general public, the chief guest was Sri. Sanjay Patil (Former MLA, Belgaum Rural, Karnataka).

The chief guest for the event were:

Sri. Sanjay Patil (former MLA, Belgaum rural, karnataka).

Sri. Dinkar K Amin (Central Committee Member GWF)

Key note speaker:

Ranjini Shankar MS (Project Manager MOHAN Foundation)

Presided by:

Smt. Tara Devi Wali (Federation President-6)

Mrs. Ranjini Shankar, initiated the session by introducing MOHAN Foundation, its mission, vision and then she explained the concepts of organ and tissue donation. She discussed about the types of death i.e., cardiac death and brain death, details about brain death declaration through Apnoea test and procedure of deceased organ donation and live organ donation.

Mrs. Ranjini Shankar elaborated the procedure of eye, skin and bone donation. After that, she explained the barriers of organ donation i.e., myths and facts related to organ donation and how it impacts in the minds of the public, she explained about the donor card and how one can become an organ donor and also elaborated the volunteering training activities conducted by MOHAN Foundation for volunteers interested in supporting the noble cause of organ donation.

Mrs. Ranjini Shankar spoke thereafter, inviting the participants to join MOHAN Foundation’s internship and volunteering program. Around 350 members attended the session, among them 120 of them took the donor cards and pledged for organ donation.

MOHAN Foundation conveys its gratitude to the Giants Group of Belgaum Pariwar and Saheli for choosing to support this life-saving cause.