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According to the Philippine Renal Disease Registry, 5,000 Filipinos who develop end-stage renal (kidney-related) disease are suitable kidney transplants. But only a handful of them ever get a transplant, and many die while waiting for a donor (source here). One of the reasons pointed out is that organ donation mostly came from living individuals. Very few actually gave consent to have their organs donated when they die.


This is the scenario that the Integrated Program on Organ Donation (IPOD) is hoping to change. IPOD is a non-stock, non-profit organ retrieval service provider with the aim of addressing the growing disparity between living and deceased donation. Deceased donation means that a person made the necessary preparations to have his/her organs donated upon his/her death. IPOD aims to do this through a number of activities that involve the development of an organ procurement program to provide a steady supply of organs from deceased individuals for transplant to patients with end-stage organ disease. It also aims to develop cooperation for the education of the public regarding organ donation, as well as facilitate training and research on the matter.
For more information about IPOD, just click on the pic which will take you to their website.

Disclaimer: This post is not an endorsement of the institutions mentioned above, but a mere dessimination of information. Please let me know if any of the information above is misleading or false, and provide your basis accordingly.

As part of the Easter celebration, Christianaudio.com is giving away two audiobook downloads for the month of March.

The first book is The Cost of Discipleship by Deitrich Bonhoeffer. Based on the background information, the focus of the book is the differentiation of cheap grace and costly faith. Quite a relevant topic in modern-day Christianity. You may want to check out Wikipedia as well for a description of the author.

The second book is Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die by John Piper. When you come to think about it, this is something that has become so cliche' we hardly think about it anymore. But really, are we really sure of the reason or reasons why Jesus has to die? It wouldn't hurt to reconfirm our own thoughts on this, would it?

Lastly, please take note of Christianaudio's notice to buy the book separately to be able to use the promo codes and get the books for free (since there are separate promo codes for the books). I am not really sure what they mean, but I guess it means you have to go through the entire process of add to cart up to checkout twice, one for each book. Maybe it's because of the way the check-out counter is designed (where only one promo code can be used per purchase).

That's it for now. Just click on the pic to get to Christianaudio.com's website if you haven't been there before. Sign up for free and download those audiobooks.

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