The Sunflower Fund

What we do

The Sunflower Fund fights blood diseases like Leukaemia through the recruitment of stem cell donors and maintaining a registry of potential donors committed to helping anyone in need of a life-saving stem cell transplant. We fundraise to cover the cost of education and awareness about the need for and the process to become a blood stem cell donor as well as to cover the cost of the HLA tissue-typing test involved in the recruitment of donors.

The Sunflower Fund also maintains a patient support fund to assist patients who are unable to afford costs associated with getting to transplant as well as being actively involved in creating a platform for support structures to assist patients, families and communities.

The challenge

South Africa and Africa generally has a very low number of registered donors, leading to too few patients finding a match and making it to transplant. Our vision is to save lives of individuals diagnosed with blood diseases by increasing the number of patients making it to transplant

The Solution

Stem Cell registry for Africa

• Through active global partnerships and alliances, we will build a registry of donors across Africa who are committed to helping anyone in need of a life-saving blood stem cell transplant.

Patient Support Fund

• We offer financial support for the cost associated with finding a donor and getting to transplant.
• Accessibility to treatment through actively engaging technology and research.

Donor Centre

• In order to improve outcomes for patients in the African Diaspora who need a stem cell transplant, we jointly aim to recruit 100,000 donors of African ancestry by 2030 as part of the Stem Cell Registry Alliance (SCRA).
• We actively drive education and awareness about blood diseases as well as the need for and the process involved in becoming a blood stem cell donors and raise funds to cover the cost of tissue-typing tests as well as for patient support.

 Hope begins with you!

The Sunflower Fund is a donor recruitment centre and registry. We fight blood diseases like leukaemia through the recruitment of stem cell donors and maintaining a registry of potential donors committed to helping anyone in need of a life-saving stem cell transplant. We fund raise to cover the cost of education and awareness about the need for and the process to become a blood stem cell donor as well as to cover the cost of the HLA tissue-typing test involved in the recruitment of donors. The Sunflower Fund also maintains a patient support fund to assist patients who are unable to afford costs associated with getting to transplant as well as being actively involved in creating a platform for support structures to assist patients, families and communities.

Together we can fight life-threatening blood diseases. Be somebody’s hope for life by registering to be a stem cell donor, donating money or volunteering.

Be a Donor

Are you considering joining a (bone marrow) blood stem cell registry?

Every year thousands of individuals globally are diagnosed with blood diseases and in many instances a blood stem cell transplant is their only life-saving treatment option. Sadly there is only a 25% chance of finding a match from a sibling or within the family. For the remaining 75% their only option is an unrelated matched donor – that (bone marrow) blood stem cell donor could be you.

If you are:

• Between 18 – 45 years of age
• Weigh more than 50kgs
• Have a BMI of less than 40
• Lead a healthy lifestyle and
• Willing to help any patient in need

You could be the perfect match that someone in need of a (bone marrow) blood stem cell transplant is looking for.

Join the Sunflower Fund’s stem cell registry today!

Contact

Toll-free call centre call 0800 12 10 82

For more information about The Sunflower Fund’s stem cell registry, becoming a (bone marrow) blood stem cell donor,
updating your contact details, volunteering, fundraising and/or donations.

Donor Queries: donors@sunflowerfund.org.za
Finance: corrine@sunflowerfund.org.za
Partnership & sponsors: virginia@sunflowerfund.org.za
Media: kim@sunflowerfund.org.za
Marketing: traci@sunflowerfund.org.za
Events: adi@Sunflowerfund.org.za
Contact via Whatsapp: 074 715 0212