00:00Little smiles dealt the most challenging starts to life. Here they are after being given the
00:07ultimate gift.
00:08I love it and it's so cute.
00:11In the first year of her life, Aru was bedridden, connected to machines which kept her tiny
00:15heart beating. A successful heart transplant at 11 months old now sees Aru at 7, loving
00:22arts and crafts and with her sights set on the sky.
00:26Going to India for the first time and going on my first flight in three weeks to Bali.
00:331800 people currently sit on the transplant waiting list. A further 14,000 are on dialysis
00:40for kidney failure. Leila was one of them at 3 years old before her father Enrico donated
00:45his left kidney.
00:47I'm still very emotional, very proud.
00:50These families are speaking as the Organ and Tissue Authority launches Donate Life Week,
00:55a campaign to boost organ donor registration.
00:58Of course if you're increasing the donation rate in your country then the wait list will
01:04go down.
01:05We know that 4 out of 5 Australians support organ donation. They think it's a wonderful
01:09thing but only 1 in 3 Australians actually end up registering.
01:14In 2023 just 36% of the population over the age of 16 were registered as organ donors.
01:21South Australia is the outlier because the state still has the option to record your
01:26decision on your driver's licence.
01:29In 2009 the Organ and Tissue Authority was established. Since then more than 18,000 people
01:35have received an organ transplant across the country under the national program and it's
01:41hoped more conversations will see those numbers grow.
01:44A quick conversation and a minute spent registering online could save up to 7 lives.
01:50Register today!
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