Be a Volunteer!

Step into a role where your voice and determination can bring second chances at life closer to patients fighting blood cancer and blood disorders. As a DKMS Foundation India volunteer, every event you support, every conversation you spark, and every awareness effort you lead encourages more people to register as potential stem cell donors, indirectly guiding patients closer to the hope of a tomorrow they never thought they’d see. This isn’t just volunteering; it’s becoming a catalyst of hope for countless families across India. If you’ve ever wanted your time to truly matter, this is your moment. Join us and help make second chances possible.

Your time as a volunteer can help save lives!

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Step in, and you become a force that moves lives.

Every conversation you spark, every event you lead, every hour you give brings patients one step closer to a second chance at life. You will witness the power of your own impact. Experience how dedication, energy, and courage can save lives. You connect, you grow, you contribute, and in return, you will carry the honour of knowing that your time changed lives for real. Here, volunteering isn’t just an action. It’s a legacy of giving second chances at life to blood cancer and blood disorder patients.

Frequently asked questions about becoming a donor

What is blood cancer?

Blood cancer is the generic term for malignant diseases of the bone marrow or blood-forming system, in which normal blood formation is disturbed by the uncontrolled multiplication of malignant blood cells. Because of these cancer cells, the blood can no longer perform its vital tasks, such as fighting infections, transporting oxygen or stopping bleeding.

Curing blood cancer

Blood cancer patients can often only overcome the disease with the help of a stem cell donation from a suitable donor. In the case of leukaemia and malignant lymphomas, the transfer of healthy stem cells is even the only chance of a cure.

Leukaemia

A series of malignant diseases in which there is a pathologically increased proliferation of immature and therefore non-functional white blood cells. Malignant lymphomas are divided into Hodgkin's disease (lymphogranulomatosis) and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (lymphatic leukaemia) according to their different characteristics.

Lymphoma, malignant

Malignant alteration of lymphatic tissue with swelling of the lymph nodes and pathological enlargement of the spleen. Malignant lymphomas are divided according to their different characteristics into Hodgkin's disease (lymphogranulomatosis) and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (lymphatic leukemia), which originate from the lymph nodes.

Am I missing stem cells after the donation?

The body reproduces the stem cells within about two weeks. The procedure is comparable to a blood platelet donation and does not lead to a permanent loss of stem cells.

How do I know that my data is secure?

As the world’s largest network of blood stem cell donor centres, DKMS Foundation India has a special responsibility to protect the personal and especially sensitive medical data that registered donors entrust to us. We take data privacy very seriously. It goes without saying that we fully comply with the statutory requirements of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but we have also committed to an even higher level of data privacy.

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