Formerly known as The Sunflower Fund, DKMS Africa is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to the fight against blood cancer. Every year, thousands of patients around the world are diagnosed with blood cancer and other blood-related diseases — where very often a blood stem cell transplant from a matching donor is their only hope of cure.
With over 10.5 million registered donors, DKMS has succeeded in doing this more than 91,000 times to date by providing blood stem cell donations to those in need. This means DKMS has become the global leader in facilitating unrelated blood stem cell transplants.
In 2019, Kudakwashe Mandinyenya donated his blood stem cells to help save his father’s life. “I would do it again without any hesitation — it’s important to help save a life. I would definitely recommend anyone to register, it’s not a difficult process and as long as it saves a life — it is a deed worth doing,” says Kuda.