Cause: Donate Life


In the future I also want to present some relief organisations here starting with Donate Life America:

“Donate Life America, comprised of national organizations and 50 state teams across the United States, assists in mobilizing the transplant community to educate the American public about organ, eye and tissue donation and motivate them to register as donors. It manages the Donate Life brand and develops brochures, programs, kits and promotional items. For nearly a decade, it has designed campaigns for departments of motor vehicles, the general public and multicultural audiences and leads the Donor Designation Collaborative.

Donate Life America, was founded by the transplant community in 1992 to educate the public about organ, eye and tissue donation and avoid duplication of effort. It is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Richmond, Virginia, operating with funds from general contributions and the annual Donate Life Assessment of transplant centers, organ procurement organizations and histocompatibility labs as well as generous donations from other members of the organ, eye and tissue transplant community and others.

In fall 2006, Donate Life America launched the Donor Designation Collaborative, based on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Collaborative Methodology, has the with the national aim of increasing the number of Actionable Donor Designations in the United Stated from an estimated 60 million to more than 100 million. This will mean that more than 100 million Americans will take actions required in their state to ensure that a donor designation is recognized and honored.

National quantitative studies commissioned by Donate Life America in 2004, 2009 and 2010 showed:

While 91% of adults support the idea of organ, eye and tissue donation, only one in three is aware of the proper steps for committing to become an organ eye and tissue donor.
A majority of U.S. adults now wish to be organ or tissue donors. 56 percent in 2010 versus 50 percent in 2009.
Among adults who have registered to be organ or tissue donors, 19 percent were previously reluctant or hesitant to do so.

Since 1994, Donate Life America has launched more than a dozen multi-media campaigns to promote organ, eye and tissue donation. Campaigns include those geared to general, Hispanic and African American audiences – each focused on the life-affirming aspects of donation. The current Empowering Testimonials campaign features actual transplant recipients telling their stories and urging the public to Donate Life. All campaigns aim to inspire the public to designate their donation decision.”

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