by mattroyal | Jul 4, 2025 | Donor Story
Dear Marzelle and SABMR Team. Just days ago, I donated my stem cells, and now, as I sit by the seaside, reflecting on that day, I feel incredibly privileged. Privileged to be young and healthy, to call Cape Town home, but most importantly, to have given someone a...
by mattroyal | Jul 4, 2025 | Donor Story
Chantell Lombard, from Alberton, is married and the mom of 2 Jack Russels. She saw SABMR’S awareness campaigns and registered online as a bone marrow donor. She says, jokingly, that if she has anything that people can use, they should take it. She...
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...
