Impso for Communities, bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe lidayambitsa pulogalamu yoyamba yopereka impso zotsogozedwa ndi anthu, yakhazikitsa Impso za Ma Communities: Living Donor Connections, gulu la opereka impso zamoyo omwe amapereka chithandizo chamtengo wapatali kwa omwe angapereke ziwalo: zokumana nazo zogawana nawo. ulendo wopereka impso.
“Olandira impso kaŵirikaŵiri amaona opereka awo kukhala ngwazi; panthawi imodzimodziyo, ndikofunika kukumbukira kuti anthu opereka ndalama nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi moyo wabwino, monga ambiri a ife, asanaganizirepo zopereka, "anatero Atul Agnihotri, CEO wa Impso for Communities. "Living Donor Connections imalola kukambirana payekha ndi munthu yemwe amamvetsetsa yekha zomwe zidachitika paulendo wamoyo wopereka impso."
Iwo omwe apita ku gulu la Living Donor Connections ndi opereka omwe sanatsogoleredwe omwe amafunikira zopereka zawo kuti ayambitse unyolo wa impso za opereka, koma ndipamene kufanana kumathera. Gululi limasiyana malinga ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu, zaka komanso geography. Mamembala otsegulira ndi wophunzira waku koleji yemwe adapereka ali ndi zaka 20; wothandiza anthu komanso meya; wothandizira mphunzitsi wa pulayimale wopuma pantchito; Msilikali Wachikazi ndi wolemba; wozimitsa moto wakale ndi Msilikali Wankhondo; bambo wa ana asanu ndi mmodzi ndi munthu woyamba kuyambitsa unyolo wopereka impso; wothamanga kasanu wa marathon; katswiri wothandizira masewera; ndi dokotala wopuma pantchito yemwe anapereka ali ndi zaka 68.
Wopereka Impso komanso Wapampando wa Living Donor Connections Debbie Shearer amatsogolera gululi limodzi ndi Jay Julian, wachiwiri kwa wapampando, yemwe kupereka kwake impso kunayambitsa unyolo wa anthu asanu ndi awiri ophatikizana ndi impso.
Liz Dotson, membala woyamba wa Living Donor Connections komanso mayi wosakwatiwa, anali ndi nkhawa zambiri zokhudzana ndi banja, kuphatikiza: "Bwanji ngati abambo kapena mwana wanu wamkazi angafunike impso tsiku lina?" Ngakhale kuti wopereka ndalama amatha kupeza voucha ya impso kuti agwiritse ntchito ngati wachibale akufunikira impso, Liz akuyankha kuti, "Sindingalole kuti mantha a munthu amene ndikumudziwa kuti angafunikire impso yanga mtsogolomu andiletse kuchita izi Ndikudziwa kuti pali munthu amene akuzifuna lero.” Zopereka za Dotson zidayambitsa njira yoyamba yosinthira anthu padziko lonse lapansi.
Malingana ndi deta ya US Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), mwa iwo omwe amalandira impso kuchokera kwa opereka moyo, pafupifupi 95 peresenti amadziwa kapena akugwirizana ndi woperekayo kudzera m'magulu awo. Zopereka zotsogozedwa ndi anthu zimalola opereka ndalama omwe ali m'mabungwe omwe ali ndi mamembala kuti atsogolere zopereka zawo zopulumutsa moyo potengera ubale wawo kapena gulu lomwe akufuna kuthandizira.
Mamembala a Living Kidney Connections amathandizira mphamvu za anthu pochita nawo mayanjano kuphatikizapo Embracing the Journey, bungwe lomwe limathandizira makolo a ana a LGBTQ +; National Society of Collegiate Scholars; The American Legion; Bungwe la International Association of Fire Fighters; Mutu Woyamba Association; Mabungwe ankhondo akale; zipembedzo; ndi zina.
Matt Jones, membala woyamba wa Living Donor Connections, yemwe adayambitsa unyolo woyamba wolipira impso padziko lonse lapansi mu 2007, adagawana kuti, "Simuyenera kukhala munthu wapadera kapena wofunikira kuti musinthe dziko."
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- While typically a donor can obtain a kidney voucher to use in the event that a family member needs a kidney, Liz responds, “I can’t let the fear of someone I know possibly needing my kidney in the future keep me from doing this when I know that there is a person out there who definitely needs it today.
- The community-directed donation model allows potential donors who belong to membership-based associations to direct their lifesaving donation based on a personal affinity or a community they want to support.
- Matt Jones, an inaugural member of Living Donor Connections, who started the world’s first pay-it-forward kidney chain in 2007, shared, “You don’t have to be someone special or important to change the world.
