Mrs. Sheetal Mundada organised an awareness talk for GIANTS Group of Saheli in Hubbli Rotary Hall Sirur Park, MOHAN Foundation conducted an awareness talk on organ donation on 03^rd December, 2023 at 12pm. Around 85 number of audience attended the talk, they were members of the giants group and general public.

The chief guest for the event were:

Sri. Dinkar K Amin (Central Committee Member GWF)

Smt. Taradevi Wali (President, Federation-VI Karnataka)

Key note speaker:

Mrs. 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. All 85 members of audience collected the donor cards and took the pledge for organ donation.

MOHAN Foundation conveys its gratitude to the Giants Saheli Group Hubbli for choosing to support this life-saving cause.