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‘Gifts of Love and Gifts of Life’
The Little Yellow Duck Project is a global initiative highlighting the life-saving random acts of kindness of blood, bone marrow, and organ and tissue donation.
Whilst every random act of kindness has the ability to brighten someone’s day, these donations have the ability to literally save or transform someone’s entire life.
why donation matters
organ & tissue
Right now hundreds of thousands of children and adults around the world are awaiting a life-saving treatment as their only hope of survival. Read more.
stem cell (bone marrow)
Stem cell (bone marrow) transplants are often the last chance of survival for children and adults suffering from blood cancer and other serious blood disorders. Read more.
blood
Every second of every day, people around the world – of all ages and from all walks of life – need a blood transfusion to survive. Read more.
What is the Little Yellow Duck Project?
The Little Yellow Duck Project involves people around the world handcrafting little yellow duck gifts as random acts of kindness that are left in public places for others to find.
A special tag on each one invites the finder to take their gift home to brighten their day and to visit this website to register where they found their gift. We hope that the stories and information found here will encourage them to pledge their own random act of kindness by registering to donate blood, bone marrow, organs tissues.
A variety of well-known designers have generously contributed patterns for use by those making items for the LYD Project.
donor recipient stories
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“My organ donor is my hero”
Kate’s story
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“We can’t thank the stem cell donor enough”
Ellie’s story
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“Blood donors saved my baby’s life”
Maisy’s story
