Our Mission & Impact

At DKMS Africa, our mission is to fight blood cancer and blood disorders by recruiting stem cell donors, raising awareness, and funding life-saving initiatives. We aim to give every patient a second chance at life by growing an ethnically diverse donor registry, advancing treatments through research, and supporting patients and families throughout their journey.

From day one of diagnosis, we stand with patients and their loved ones, offering support and hope. By organising donor registration events and community-driven bone marrow drives, we empower families and communities to play an active role in saving lives.

What we do

• We educate the public about blood cancer, blood disorders, and available treatments, empowering individuals to make informed decisions about stem cell donation.
• We actively recruit diverse stem cell donors to increase the chances of finding matches and provide patients with a life-saving second chance.
• We partner with communities, schools, universities, and businesses to host impactful donor registration events, making it easier for people to register as potential lifesavers.
• We raise funds to support our efforts in increasing the size, diversity, and global reach of the stem cell donor registry, ensuring all patients have access to the best possible chance of a match.
• We invest in groundbreaking research and utilise cutting-edge laboratory technology to enhance blood cancer treatments and improve outcomes for patients.
• We maintain a close relationship with donors from their registration through to the donation process, providing guidance and support every step of the way.
• From diagnosis to recovery, we support blood cancer and blood disorder patients and their families, providing them with resources, and hope.

Our organisational values

At DKMS Africa, we are driven by inclusiveness and a sense of pride in our mission. We respect the diverse work culture and the varied perspectives of our employees, stakeholders, donors, supporters and anyone who volunteers in helping blood cancer patients in South Africa. Because we believe in the quality of work that can be achieved by new and creative ideas. Compassion knows no geographical boundaries and we try to instill this as the core idea in our hearts which helps us to expand our global reach!

CLEAR

We communicate clearly and comprehensively, act consistently and make decisions in such a way that they are clear.

OPEN

We are open to feedback, changes, other opinions and new ideas. Our actions and thinking are transparent. We share knowledge with each other and inform others about it when this is not possible at the moment.

COURAGEOUS

We are forward-thinking. We see opportunities and seize them, even in the face of resistance. We play to our strengths and use them wisely to fulfil our mission. At the same time, we are always evolving and happy to venture onto new ground.

FAIR

Our mutual interaction is characterized by appreciation, fairness and respect. We act predictably and thoughtfully.

DIVERSITY

We seek diversity in our staff and actively engage with multiple cultures in the community. As we all know - Blood cancer does not differentiate and at DKMS Africa, every life counts. Our journey in Africa, which has diverse ethnic heritages and values all over the country, can be propelled to the foreseen success, only if our pool itself has diverse individuals, who would, in turn, represent this vast continent.