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IN THE BUSINESS OF SAVING LIVES

No. 1 KILLER of children in developed countries WHAT MAKES US RELEVANT 1 in 6 Singaporeans are diagnosed with a blood disease such as leukaemia or lymphoma every day STRIKES ANYONE irrespective of general health, age or race

1 in 4 chance a sibling can provide that life-saving match WHAT MAKES US RELEVANT SURVIVAL LOOKS BLEAK many patients require a bone marrow transplant to survive and this means finding a matching donor 1 in 20,000 odds of finding a match in the general population

1 BMDP 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 MANAGE Singapore’s ONLY Register of volunteer donors WHAT WE DO FIND DONORS work for the local hospitals finding a matching donor for their patients COUNSEL AND INFORMATION for patients and donors on Bone Marrow Transplants

DONOR ADVOCACY from Confirmatory Typing to Blood Stem Cell Harvest TRANSPLANT SERVICES MATCH PATIENTS WITH DONORS 365 day service to the transplant hospitals to identify a donor - locally or in our global network – for patients GLOBAL COURIERS volunteer couriers providing door to door delivery of Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cells

International Register International Register THE SEARCH PROCESS BMDP Register BMDP Register A MATCH IS FOUND Search Requests Confirmatory Typing Donor Harvest Donor Workup Activate international Couriers to hand-carry stem cells to the hospital Pushing Search Out Globally BMDP manages 45 requests each month Returning Results LOCAL TRANSPLANT HOSPITALS

RAISE AWARENESS why Singapore needs a donor register BUILDING THE REGISTER RECRUIT 5,000 DONORS A YEAR the more donors on the register, the better the chances of survival for the patients PARTNER THE CORPORATE SECTOR help us reach a defined audience and host donor recruitment drives

THE BONE MARROW DONOR PROGRAMME receives NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING 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 PLEASE HELP US – play your part to SAVE LIVES

HOW YOUR ORGANISATION CAN HELP

FUNDRAISING Partner us for staff engagement activities with a community focus CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP ADOPT The BMDP as your preferred charity Local Relevance, Global Impact SPONSOR Our Annual Fundraising Gala – celebrating 20 years in 2013

CORPORATE SPONSORS Google Young NTUC Drew & Napier

HOW YOU CAN HELP

VOLUNTEER we need more volunteers to help our donor recruitment PERSONAL COMMITMENT SIGN UP AS A DONOR and bring some friends BE A “FRIEND OF THE BMDP” become a REGULAR financial sponsor

TESTIMONIALS FROM VOLUNTEERS, DONORS & SURVIVORS VOLUNTEERS, 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 LIFE that 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