#Swabyourgob - become a potential blood stem cell donor
Your help is really needed!
Swab your gob and be a superhero! Register to be a blood stem cell donor: you could save someone’s life… and be a real-life superhero!
There is a ten-year-old girl in hospital who is seriously ill with aplastic anaemia. She desperately needs a stem cell transplant to save her life, but as yet no one on the register is a match for her.
The #Swabyourgob campaign was set up by a group of her parents' friends to try to recruit 10,000 people to join the register in a month, to give her the best chance of finding a match.
Please 'swab your gob' and join the register; you could be a superhero for our friend, or one of the hundreds of people each year who rely on a total stranger to do something amazing and save their life.
Thank you!
What does a blood stem cell donation involve?
Donating is a straightforward process, as previous donor Poonam (right) can testify. For most people, it involves a few hours sitting in a comfortable chair, having blood withdrawn from your arm, with your expenses and travel paid by DKMS.
Our mission is to provide a matching donor for every patient with blood cancer or a blood disorder who needs a transplant. All it takes is one person to match each patient: that person might be you.