Be A Human Donor

Real Stories

From people who gave a kidney. From people who received one. Every name here is real

The story that gave rise to this site

On February 6, 2026, I received a kidney

"After years on the waiting list, a family made the hardest and most beautiful decision of their lives in the middle of their grief: to donate. I don't know who they are. I'll probably never meet them. But every morning when I wake up and this kidney is still working, I think of them."

"I didn't get here alone. Behind every day on dialysis were my family and my friends; behind every medical decision, hands that knew what they were doing. It's a miracle that happens through medicine, the generosity of a stranger, and everyone who never let me go."

Dimar Anez

— Dimar Anez, kidney recipient, February 6, 2026

If you or someone you love is waiting, see if you're a match. That first question costs nothing and can change everything

8 donors and 6 recipients who changed everything

Verified in NKR, NKF, NYT, BBC, People, UCLA, UCHealth, and Northwestern Medicine

Kathy Hart
Donor abogada

Kathy Hart

Su donación altruista encendió la Chain 357: 35 trasplantes, 70 cirugías, 25 centros. Récord Guinness Mundial.

Defensores AAKP
Recipient American Association of Kidney Patients

Defensores AAKP

La AAKP amplifica las voces de pacientes renales ante el Congreso de USA y la FDA desde 1969.

Justina Lo Cane
Recipient 12 años

Justina Lo Cane

Esperó un trasplante de corazón durante 4 meses. Su muerte en 2017 motivó la Ley Justina, que convirtió a Argentina en donante presunto.

The stories that inspired the Voucher Program

The NKR launched the Voucher Program in December 2014. Two human stories made it possible

CHAIN 357 · 2015

Kathy Hart

48, attorney from Minneapolis · 2015

Her donation ignited Chain 357: 35 transplants, 70 surgeries, 25 centers. Guinness World Record

ABC News

VOUCHER PROGRAM · 2014

Howard Broadman

64, grandfather · Laguna Niguel, CA · December 23, 2014

Donated to a stranger to bank a voucher for his grandson Quinn, born with one kidney. His case triggered 25 chain transplants

UCLA Health