Published: 28/05/2010 by The Sunflower Fund

The Sunflower Fund was formed in 1999 in support of the SABMR and was inspired by Chris Corlett and Darren Serebro’s heroic struggle against leukaemia. It was formed by parents whose children had contracted leukaemia, and in some cases had lost their battle against it. Their aim was to secure financial support in order to increase the number of bone marrow stem cell donors in South Africa. With the odds of finding a donor being 1:100 000, the idea is to expand the registry to at least 100 000. You can help by joining the SABMR. All you have to do to be registered on the SABMR is to give two tubes of your blood. We need your fast response and long-term commitment.

The Sunflower Fund aims to educate and recruit a viable source of well-informed potential bone marrow stem cell donors who are ethnically diverse, in an effort to save the lives of those needing a transplant when suffering from life-threatening blood disorders. It strives to maintain the associated donor records of the South African Bone Marrow Registry.

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Payments are to be made in favour of:
Account Name: THE SUNFLOWER FUND
Bank: ABSA
Account Number: 4051834719
Branch Number: 632005
(SWIFT CODE - FOR INTERNATIONAL DEPOSITS - ABSA ZAJJ)

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The Sunflower Fund
PO Box 31163
Tokai
7966