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There’s a saying that rather than leaving our name on a piece of stone when we leave this world, it would be better carved onto the hearts and lives of others.

There’s a saying that rather than leaving our name on a piece of stone when we leave this world, it would be better carved onto the hearts and lives of others.

When Adele Kumst’s sons were still at school, there was a boy fighting for his life against Leukaemia and needing a bone marrow transplant.

Pete Johnson from Texas USA registered as a stem cell donor in 1996, the year that Ramabele Tsolo was born in South Africa.

The SABMR was founded in 1991, motivated by the concern that although bone marrow transplants were a life-saving treatment option, they were only available to patients with a matching donor in their family.

“I’m an ordinary wife to an amazing husband; mother to two beautiful little blonde girls aged seven and two; I was born in Vanderbijlpark, raised in Vereeniging, and now live in Pretoria East; and I’m a systems developer in the IT industry.

We call our donors "superheroes". (Donor: benefactor; someone who gives to benefit others; philanthropist; someone who takes action out of compassion or regard for others.)

As a two-year-old toddler, Rebecca was diagnosed with acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.

Ethnicity is extremely important in finding the right match for someone needing a bone marrow transplant.

While in the waiting room for a routine check-up, five-year-old Chanelle Matthee started getting red dots around her eyes – a symptom of low blood platelets.

What if the SA Bone Marrow Registry didn’t exist?   It’s likely that Noni Mtshali and many others like her wouldn’t be alive today.