Presented by. IN THE BUSINESS OF SAVING LIVES No. 1 KILLER of children in developed countries WHAT MAKES US RELEVANT 1 in 6 Singaporeans are diagnosed.

Presented by

IN THE BUSINESS OFSAVING LIVES

No. 1 KILLERof children in developed countries

WHAT MAKES US RELEVANT

1 in 6Singaporeans are diagnosed with a blood disease such as leukaemia or lymphoma every day

STRIKES ANYONEirrespective of general health, age or race

1 in 4chance a sibling can provide that life-saving match

WHAT MAKES US RELEVANT

SURVIVAL LOOKS BLEAKmany patients require a bone marrow transplant to survive andthis means finding a matching donor

1 in 20,000odds of finding a match in the general population

1BMDP builds and manages SINGAPORE’S ONLY Register of volunteer donors and provides a 365-day service to the local transplant hospitals to find the donors their patients need to survive

BUILD AND MANAGESingapore’s ONLY Register of volunteer donors

WHAT WE DO

FIND DONORSwork for the local hospitals finding a matching donor fortheir patients

COUNSEL AND INFORMATIONfor patients and donors on Bone Marrow Transplants

DONOR ADVOCACYfrom Confirmatory Typing to Blood Stem Cell Harvest

TRANSPLANT SERVICES

MATCH PATIENTS WITH DONORS365 day service to the transplant hospitals to identify a donor- locally or in our global network – for patients

GLOBAL COURIERSvolunteer couriers providing door to door delivery of Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cells

InternationalRegister

THE SEARCH PROCESS

BMDPRegiste

r

A MATCHIS FOUNDSearch Requests

• Confirmatory Typing• Donor Harvest• Donor Workup• Activate international Couriers

to hand-carry stem cells to the hospital

PushingSearch Out

Globally

BMDP manages 45 requests each month

Returning ResultsLOCAL TRANSPLANTHOSPITALS

RAISE AWARENESSwhy Singapore needs a donor register

BUILDING THE REGISTER

RECRUIT 5,000 DONORS A YEARthe more donors on the register, the better the chances ofsurvival for the patients

PARTNER THE CORPORATE SECTORhelp us reach a defined audience and host donor recruitment drives

THE BONE MARROW DONOR PROGRAMME receives NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING TRANSPLANTS are becoming the preferred treatment for these common diseases so OUR WORK IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL

PLEASE HELP US – play your part to SAVE LIVES

HOW YOUR ORGANISATIONCAN HELP

FUNDRAISINGPartner us for staff engagement activities with a community focus

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP

ADOPTThe BMDP as your preferred charity

Local Relevance, Global Impact

SPONSOROur Annual Fundraising Gala – celebrating 20 years in 2013

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Google

Young NTUCDrew & Napier

HOW YOUCAN HELP

VOLUNTEERwe need more volunteers to help our donor recruitment

PERSONAL COMMITMENT

SIGN UP AS A DONORand bring some friends

BE A “FRIEND OF THE BMDP”become a REGULAR financial sponsor

TESTIMONIALS FROMVOLUNTEERS, DONORS & SURVIVORS

THERE'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF.

Its perfectly natural to be afraid

but when it comes to saving a life,

Saad, 26

PATIENT’S BROTHER

IT’S A GIFT OF LIFEthat she gave to me.

Ng Yi Yong, 31

PATIENT

After the procedure, your life is back

to normal but to someone else,

YOUR DONATION

HAS CHANGED

THEIR LIFE

Shalini Nair, 26

DONOR

There WON'T BE A

SECOND CHANCE

FOR THEM to find another donor.

Most of the time, It’s just you.

Ng Chin Sheng, 33

DONOR

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