Stories of Hope AND COURAGE
Living Donor Stories
We are so grateful for the incredible living kidney donors and the decision they have made to give a loved one, family member, friend or a stranger a new lease of life. They have overcome their own fears to educate themselves and others to change mindsets and challenge misconceptions.
We celebrate these amazing people who have shared their stories, they are truly inspirational!
Listen to inspirational podcasts
We love sharing the amazing stories of living donation from our donors. Every story is different and unique, but the common thread of love, hope and the gift of life runs through each podcast.
Read more stories…
Madge & Paul
Diary of a living kidney donor
Dela’s story
Offering to become my brother’s living donor was a natural thing for me to do, in fact it was a no brainer!
Olivia’s Story
Maria’s Story
Polly’s Story
A journey of courage, love and hope
Becoming a living donor
There are so many benefits of a live donor kidney transplant. These include better long-term outcomes for patients and less likelihood of rejection.
There are four routes for living organ donation:
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- Direct donation to a known individual
- Directed altruistic donation to a specific individual with no pre-existing relationship
- Non-direct altruistic donation to a complete stranger
- Paired/pooled donation where donor and recipient are incompatible so join a sharing scheme that matches other registered pairs of donors and recipients to increase compatibility for transplants.
This book written by Dela Idowu about her journey of coming forward as a potential living donor for her brother will help you on your journey if you decide to become a donor and transform someone’s life.
More Than A Match
Is an informative personal guide on coming forward as a living kidney donor for a loved one, friend or someone you don’t know who has kidney failure and needs a life-saving transplant.
The book narrates the personal and emotional journey of a family who unite together to transform the life of a family who needs a kidney transplant.
My sister who has kidney failure has been on dialysis for seven years. I was too afraid to donate a kidney to her, but after reading how Dela’s daughters who are in the 20’s offered to become donors for their uncle, I realised I had no excuse. Thank you for such a remarkable story.
A AKINBOLA
Testimonials
Reading More Than a Match gave me the courage to come forward as a donor for my sister. Thank you so much Dela for sharing your story, hopefully it will help to change my sister’s life.” – Dayo Doru
I knew little about organ donation; however, I knew that it was something black people did not partake in. After reading More Than a Match my attitude towards it has changed. The bottom line is that people from the African- Caribbean community must help each other to succeed not only in music and sports but also in health.” – R. Kwame
This is a warm and sensitively written book chronicling the emotional and practical journey a sister takes by offering to be a living kidney donor for her brother. I found the account easy to read and both informative and inspirational. I highly recommend this book to those who are interested in this topic or contemplating become a living organ donor.” – Cecil Thompson, University College London