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7-4 whatever help is needed, such as taking the donors’
children to and picking them up from school, doing
How many people have laborious house chores on their behalf, and so on.
found a matched donor
from Tzu Chi Stem Cells
Center?

By June 2017, more than
4,700 people in 30 coun-
tries have found a matched
At a “Meet Your Donor” event
donor and received bone organized by Tzu Chi Stem Cells
marrow or peripheral Center, a bone marrow recipi-
blood stem cells from Tzu ent from Vietnam expresses his
deepest gratitude to his donor
Chi Stem Cells Center. in Taiwan. (Wang Xian-huang)

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What support does Tzu Chi offer to a potential During a peripheral blood stem cell donation procedure, Tzu Chi vol-
unteers massage the donor to alleviate the discomfort of numbness
donor once a match has been confirmed? in his fingers. (Lin Li-tang)

Tzu Chi has a care team of volunteers in Taiwan who 7-6
provide support to donors throughout the dona-
tion process. For example, should potential donors Who is eligible to become a potential donor on
or their family members have concerns about the Tzu Chi Stem Cells Center?
procedure, the care team will provide them with in- Anyone aged 18 to 45 with good health
formation or help to communicate with the donors’ conditions is welcome to join Tzu Chi’s
families. Before the procedure, the care team will bone marrow registry. For more in-
look after the donors’ health by often bringing them formation, please go to https://goo.gl/
nutritious food. After the procedure, they’ll give JZeBem.

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