by jhodsteeringgroup | Sep 6, 2021 | Campaigns
A group of youngsters from the Jain community are helping to promote organ donation during Paryushan 2021 (The festival of Forgiveness) through a powerful video. The seven youngsters are encouraging all Jains in the UK to talk about organ donation during Paryushan and...
by jhodsteeringgroup | Sep 3, 2021 | Campaigns
There is an urgent shortage of organ donors in the UK and sadly hundreds of people from our communities are still waiting for a transplant and some die waiting. This Paryushan, the Jain & Hindu Organ Donation Alliance has teamed up with young people and transplant...
by jhodsteeringgroup | Jul 15, 2021 | Campaigns
Even though 80% of people are willing to donate their organs, only 39% say they’ve shared their wishes with their loved ones. This film launched on 12 July 2021 with Nitu Shah and family; shows how we can all have that very important family conversation....
by jhodsteeringgroup | Jun 24, 2021 | Campaigns, Legislative
Jain and Hindu Organ Donation Steering Group is delighted to welcome Northern Ireland’s move towards an opt-out system for organ donation. Following consultation in 2020 to move towards introducing an opt-out system for organ donation in Northern Ireland. It welcomed...
by jhodsteeringgroup | Jun 2, 2021 | Campaigns, Legislative
Jain and Hindu Organ Donation Alliance welcomes the addition of Living Organ Donation within the new Organ Donation and Transplantation strategy launched on 01 June 2021. We are committed to raising awareness of both living and deceased donations to improve the life...
by jhodsteeringgroup | Feb 10, 2021 | Campaigns, Resources
Jain and Hindu Organ Donation Alliance is delighted with the support of the community for the #LeaveThemCertain organ donation campaign. Through this film, well-known community volunteer and activist, Nituben Shah and her extended family, explain the importance of...
by jhodsteeringgroup | Oct 5, 2020 | Cultural
We are looking for budding artists to enter our competition. Open to everyone aged five and over, and entries should consist of a visual image or a short video of 2 mins depicting organ donation. More organ donors are needed in the UK and this ‘festival of...
by jhodsteeringgroup | Sep 4, 2020 | Events
Thank you to organ donation and a hero donor family. Thirteen years old Rohan finally got a kidney transplant. Thinking of them today and wishing Rohan a speedy recovery and a wonderful new life free of dialysis. Please participate in the national Organ Donation Week...
by jhodsteeringgroup | Jun 28, 2020 | Donor Families
Home Shivum’s father, Bharat, fell ill suddenly one morning in May 2019 at home. He sadly never regained consciousness and died a few days later in hospital. He had suffered a cardiac arrest causing hundreds of tiny strokes. He was only 63. The family had never...
by jhodsteeringgroup | Jun 28, 2020 | Organ Recipients
Home I’ve finally had my kidney transplant and my new kidney means a new life for me. We’ve been here before, but now I have my life back. I can do the things I’ve wanted to do, no more physical and emotional pain. Having a kidney donated to me by a wonderful person...
by jhodsteeringgroup | Jun 28, 2020 | Living Donors
Home I am a great believer that when you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path. My husband Kirit suffered from high blood pressure and Crone’s disease for several years and in 2011 he was diagnosed with scars on his kidney which affected his...
by jhodsteeringgroup | Jun 26, 2020 | Living Donors
Home In 2010 I was diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, also known as Berger’s disease, a kidney disease that occurs when an antibody called immunoglobulin A (IgA) builds up in your kidneys. Eventually, my kidneys were not able to filter waste from my blood. I was...
