David waited for more than a year to receive his transplant from a living donor. Help ALF reach more people from diverse communities and spread awareness on how to become a living donor.
On behalf of nearly 100 million Americans affected by liver disease, we applaud the reintroduction of the Living Donor Protection Act of 2023.
ALF will become the first liver organization to join AST’s Living Donor Circle of Excellence and become a strategic partner.
Meet David Rodriguez, living donor liver transplant recipient and ALF Advocacy Ambassador.
April is Donate Life Month and American Liver Foundation (ALF) is encouraging everyone to learn how to become or find a living organ donor.
The American Liver Foundation and UPMC have launched a new, five-part animated video series to help liver transplant patients find a living donor.
Thinking about becoming a living donor? Learn more about the process and what makes it possible by watching this brief video, the first in our new five-part animated miniseries about living donation. Learn more about other ways to find potential donors in this first video of our new five-part animated series on living donation.
Whether you're looking for a living donor for yourself or someone you love, you're going to need to get the word out. Learn more about how to use social media to start a donor search in the second in our new five-part animated miniseries about living donation. Learn more about other ways to find potential donors in this second video of our new five-part animated series on living donation.
Congratulations! You've set up a donor search on social media and it's time to start posting. Unsure about what to say? We've got tips for you on how to put out a clear and compelling request to the community in the third in our new five-part animated miniseries about living donation. Learn more about other ways to find potential donors in this third video of our new five-part animated series on living donation.
If your living donor search on social media is set up and active, it's time to connect to the audience. The search may take a while, so you need to keep them interested in your story. Learn more about making a personal connection and keeping your audience engaged in the fourth in our new five-part animated miniseries about living donation. Learn more about other ways to find potential donors in this fourth video of our new five-part animated series on living donation.
Social media outreach can be an effective way to find potential living donors, but it's not the only way to share your search. Learn more about other ways to explore for potential donors in the fifth in our new five-part animated miniseries about living donation. Learn more about other ways to find potential donors in this fifth video of our new five-part animated series on living donation.
During a living donor liver transplant, a portion of a healthy person’s liver (the donor) is removed and transplanted into another person (the recipient) to replace their unhealthy liver.