'How far will you go to give' a live chat on need for greater awareness about organ donation, with Alive Almond

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  Ms. Jaya Jairam sharing her journey of receiving a kidney from her mother

  

  Poster promoting the chat show

  On 17^th November, 2021 Ms. Jaya Jairam, Project Director at MOHAN Foundation Mumbai was invited to a virtual chat show hosted by Mr. Abhinav Jain, CEO and Co-founder at Almond solutions, that engages with digital entrepreneurs, business leaders and growth evangelists. Mr. Sri Ram Kumar - Director TLRNOW consultants Pvt Ltd, Corporate trainer / facilitator and a TEDX speaker was invited as the co-panelist.

   

  Some of the queries that were posed to Ms. Jairam during the show have been shared below -

  • What caused your kidneys to fail and how did you make a comeback?
  • What are the challenges faced in promoting organ donation in India?
  • Doesn't India make it compulsory to include organ donation wish on the driving license like in countries like the US?
  • What made you decide to take up work in the field of organ donation?
  • How do you stay motivated and inspired to continue the good work?

   

  Ms. Jairam shared her personal journey and responded to all the questions that were posed. A full recording of the virtual chat show is available here https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:6866681296647667712/

   

  Mr. Abhinav Jain then went on to share that they would be more than happy to enable more such interactions with corporates and entrepreneurs, on a larger scale.

   

  "How can we keep our kidneys healthy" was a question asked by the audience to Ms. Jairam. She responded by sharing that for good kidney health, one needed to maintain good mental health, have a balanced diet, consume low salt, have sufficient water, go for routine health checkups, take medications routinely and stay physically fit.

   

  In her final message to the audience, she shared the ABCD of organ donation - 

  A stood for 'Anybody can donate'

  B stood for 'Brain death', in which situation, one can donate organs

  C stood for 'Charcha or a Conversation' with the family members - which is an important step to normalise the conversation around the difficult topic

  D stood for 'Daan or Donation of organs is the most supreme form of giving'

   

  She ended by asking the audience to live good lives and take good care of their body; but when the time came and they are no more, she appealed to them to not burn or bury the body as it will turn the organs to ashes or mud - she appealed to them to donate their organs so that can continue to live on this earth through someone else.

   

  Some feedback from the audience is given below -

  "It is rightly said that 'No one has become poor by giving'. 

  "Superb! Giving is the highest way of life"

  "Informative session; so inspiring"

   

  The chat show was watched by 2625+ audience from ITM University, Gwalior, PHD Chamber of Commerce, Silicon Valley Publication, Virtual Crunch and Lovi Global.

  
  
  Source-Ms. Jaya Jairam