Why Donate
Every fact here comes from an official source.
One deceased donor can give new life to up to 8 people through organs, and improve many more lives through tissues such as corneas. Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare release for the 14th Indian Organ Donation Day, August 3, 2024
In the USA, more than 100,000 people are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. Source: Donate Life America, which runs the National Donate Life Registry (USA): donation statistics
In India, about 90,000 people were on the national waitlist for major organs on March 3, 2026, as reported by hospitals to NOTTO. Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, written reply in the Rajya Sabha, March 10, 2026
When a damaged cornea causes blindness, a transplant of a healthy cornea from an eye donor can restore sight. Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Vice President's Secretariat, National Eye Donation Fortnight address, September 8, 2020
In India, an eye bank team comes to collect donated eyes, which need to be removed within six hours after death. Source: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi: Manual on Training of Trainers for Volunteers in Primary Eye Care (2015), Eye donation
In India, official guidance says a person of any age can donate their eyes after death. Source: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi: Manual on Training of Trainers for Volunteers in Primary Eye Care (2015), Eye donation
WHO's guiding principles say cells, tissues and organs should be donated freely, without payment, and their sale or purchase should be banned. Source: World Health Organization, WHO Guiding Principles on Human Cell, Tissue and Organ Transplantation (endorsed by the World Health Assembly, 2010), Guiding Principle 5