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Orgamites go to school

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A new educational program promoting healthy living and organ donation. Supported by Onassis Foundation.

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What are the organs in our body and how do they function? What should we do in order to take care of our health? How big is our heart and which one of our organs is able to "reproduce" itself? What happens when one of our organs does not function properly? How can a physician replace this organ with a different one?

Tough questions like the above become entertaining stories through the Orgamites characters. This educational programme, which started from England and has already traveled to Scotland and Canada, has now come to Greece in order to inform us what we can do to look after our health and teach us all about organ donation.

The Orgamites characters have come to help children understand the importance of organ donation and transplantation in an easy and fun way. Orgamites believe that it’s what’s inside that counts, literally and metaphorically. In order to look well on the outside, we need to be healthy on the inside.

As part of an information and awareness campaign aimed at children and their parents, the Onassis Foundation has secured the introduction of the Orgamites educational program in Greek schools. On Monday, November 1 – Greek National Organ Donation and Transplantation Day – the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, visited the 100th Elementary School of Athens and spent time with a class of sixth graders taking part in this educational program. Also present were the President of the Hellenic Transplant Organization, George Papatheodoridis, and the President of the Onassis Foundation, Anthony S. Papadimitriou. “The Orgamites is a pioneering educational initiative bringing the discussion of healthcare and transplantation into the classroom. Let’s all show our support for this nationwide effort and help spread today’s important message: organ donation is the gift of life,” noted Ms. Sakellaropoulou.This program forms part of the National Strategic Plan for Transplants undertaken by the Onassis Foundation with a view to completely restructuring the transplant sector in Greece, and to developing and bolstering a culture of organ donation in the country. Core to the National Strategic Plan is the Onassis National Transplant Center, due to be handed over to the Greek state in 2024.

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