An awareness talk on organ donation was organised at St. Alphonsa Syro Malabar Church, Pozhichallur, Chennai on 2^nd February 2014. The session was organised by Mr. Sebastin, a member of the parish in order to create awareness on the organ donation. The session was conducted by Mr. Jeyabal M Transplant Coordinator, MOHAN Foundation, Chennai.

The programme started with an introductory speech given by parish priest on motivating the gathering to donate their organs after death. Mr. Jeyabal gave a PowerPoint presentation on the concept of organ donation. In his session he covered following topics:

• Importance of organ donation
• Types of donations – live and deceased donation
• Difference between coma, cardiac death and brain death
• Organs that can be donated
• Donor card – registration  -  paper pencil -  online -  android phone

More than 100 members attended the programme  and expressed their support for organ donation