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The World’s First Heart to Heart for Education

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From the heart of one country to another

Canadian Blood Services shares childrens’ education program with another country. The Orgamites Mighty Education Program launched in South Africa in February 2025.

The Orgamites Mighty Education Program, created by South African ex-pat Roydon Turner, was donated by Canada to South Africa and accepted by Groote Schuur Hospital on behalf of South Africa, making all its resources freely available to all schools across South Africa.

This significant gesture reflects a core value: that supporting organ donation should not just be a message, but a principle embedded in action. By ‘gifting the Orgamites’ program to another country, Canadian Blood Services embodies the core philosophy of organ donation: that sharing is indeed the most powerful form of caring. In this case, it’s the sharing of resources to create an even greater impact for generations to come.

This world-first initiative is being led in South Africa by Dr. David Thomson, a Critical Care specialist, surgeon and head of the Transplant Centre of Excellence at Groote Schuur Hospital, and Stella De Kock, the managing director of the NGO, TELL (Transplant Education for Living Legacies).

Attending from Canada were Dr. Isra Levy, Vice President, Medical Affairs and Innovation, Canadian Blood Services; Peggy John, Director, Operations, Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation at Canadian Blood Services; and Jenny Ryan, Associate Director, Public Education & Awareness Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services. Attending from the United Kingdom is Roydon Turner, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of the Orgamites and All Good Co. CIC. Roydon Turner, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Orgamites, is a South African-born Film Director, Producer, and Creative Director now based in London.

Canada’s Backstory:

First launched in Canada in September 2021, the Orgamites program has already made waves across the country, receiving enthusiastic feedback from students, teachers, and parents alike. It has emerged as a vital platform for helping children understand how their bodies work, while sparking conversations about how they can make a positive difference in the world—starting with their own health and well-being.

Stay tuned for announcement of the HeArt to HeART student art exchange and to experience Heart’s journey from Canada to Cape Town and more. 

Learn more about the Orgamites in South Africa at orgamites.co.za 

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The Orgamites Mighty Education Program is an organ donation and health education program created by Roydon Turner. Creative and production by All Good Co. CIC (AllGoodCo.org). The name “Orgamites,” along with the logo and characters, are registered trademarks of All Good Co. CIC. © Copyright 2016. All rights reserved. The program operates under applicable legal frameworks across international territories. The Orgamites Mighty Education Program is available under licence agreements with its partners in Canada, Greece, Northern Ireland, and South Africa. Our education tools for schools are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). All Good Co. is a Community Interest Company. A CIC, or Community Interest Company, is a business primarily focused on social objectives, where surpluses are principally reinvested in the business or community, rather than driven by profit for shareholders and owners.

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