Using their heads to support Sunflower Day
Funds are raised to cover the tissue-typing costs involved in adding donors onto the South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR
Staff at Mpati Pharmacy showed their support for the Sunflower Fund on Friday by donning their topes.
The Sunflower Fund, a National Non-Profit Company (NPC), is a South African organisation that creates awareness around the need for blood stem cell donors and provides education as to the process of registering as a donor. Funds are raised to cover the tissue-typing costs involved in adding donors onto the South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR). The Sunflower Fund is also actively involved in creating a platform for support structures to assist patients, their families and communities.
Back: Gaby Stein, Musa Madondo, Berdine Prinsloo, Mpume Sibisi, Heidemarie Swanepoel, Cathy Fritz, Samu Madlala, Mientjie Adendorff, Jessica Moore, Andre Engelbrecht and Gugu Khuzwayo.
By increasing the number of donors listed on the national database, they give hope to those diagnosed with leukaemia and other life-threatening blood disorders. Higher numbers on the registry increase their chance of finding matching stem cell donor in order to undergo life-saving stem cell transplants.
For more details call 0800 12 10 82 or 021 701 0661 or contact the friendly staff at Mpati Pharmacy.
