The faces of organ donation campaign

A face painting competition on the topic ‘Donate life after death’ was organised by the Department of Visual Communication at Andhra Loyola College in the city on Thursday. Speaking at the inaugral, degree college correspondent Rev Fr Raju underlined the need to promote organ donation through a massive campaign to give a new lease of life to critically ill patients.

Due to increase in awareness on organ donation, the organs of two brain dead persons were donated by their kin in the city in recent times. The campaign taken up by the Visual Communication Department will help motivate people to pledge their organs, he said. Visual Communication department head Vijay Srinivasan said, ``We are organising competitions for students every year on current issues and socially relevant topics.

As part of our `Donate life after death’ campaign, we will organise a seminar on organ donation, a skit competition, flash mob and street plays at PVP Square, Benz Circle, NTR University of Health Sciences, Lenin Centre and Maris Stella College in the city in the coming days.

A marathon from Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium to Andhra Loyola College will also be conducted on September 13 to sensitise people on organ donation. Winners of the competitions will be announced at the valedictory of the campaign on September 16.’’

Getting their faces colourfully painted, more than 250 students from different colleges in the city participated in the completion to spread the message of organ donation. Some faces bore slogans on organ donation. Degree college vice-principal Melchori Raj and other faculty members were present.