"You die once when you leave this earth and you die again when no one mentions your name. Bone marrow transplants are one of the main weapons in the fight against leukaemia, which kills 346 Kiwis a year. 500 donors neededOnly 28 New Zealanders were able to donate bone marrow in the last three full calendar years, says the New Zealand Bone Marrow Donor Registry. "The culture has to change, which is accepting bone marrow transplants and parts of others for our own survival". Said Debbie: "If you can give bone marrow to your own child then why can't you donate it to someone else if there's a match?

Source: New Zealand Herald March 11, 2017 15:56 UTC