by mattroyal | Jul 4, 2025 | Donor Story
I was born in Vanderbijlpark, but raised in Vereeninging, where I attended Hoerskool Vereeniging. I now stay in Moreletapark in Pretoria-East, with my beautiful little family. I am married to the most amazing husband, and we are blessed with 2 blonde little girls....
by mattroyal | Jul 3, 2025 | Donor Story
Kerry, from Johannesburg, is a regular blood donor and went beyond her norm when she signed up as a bone marrow stem cell donor in 2020 during a campaign for a little girl who desperately needed a stem cell donation. She completed a form on the SABMR...
by mattroyal | Jul 3, 2025 | Donor Story
Meet Jessie Radebe who was born and raised in Johannesburg and will turn 30 on 30 March 2025. (She currently resides in Ridgeway, in the south of Johannesburg and is single.) (She works for Africa Cosmos, where she provides training services for the CIT space and cash...
by mattroyal | Jul 3, 2025 | Donor Story
I am Chene Strydom. I was born and raised in Ladysmith, a small town in KwaZulu Natal. I moved to Port Elizabeth in 2019 to study teaching at Nelson Mandela University. Throughout my years in Port Elizabeth, I worked as a swimming teacher and an au pair. After...
by mattroyal | Jul 3, 2025 | Donor Story
Just over a year into the Matches on the Map inter-continental stem cell recruitment drive, a donor match was found in East London for a patient requiring a bone marrow stem cell transplant. This is the first donor match that has been identified for a patient on the...
