Indians currently waiting for organ transplant
Union Health Ministry, December 2025
People who die daily in India waiting
Free Press Journal, citing transplant data
New names added to waiting list every day
Indian transplant registry — every 10 minutes
India's deceased donor rate per million
Union Health Ministry
Spain's deceased donor rate — global leader
Lives one organ donor can save
organdonor.gov
People helped through tissue donation
People who die annually due to non-availability
Donate Life India
Every number above represents a human being. The last number — 5 lakh — represents the scale of what awareness alone can change.
The gap between India's deceased donor rate — less than 1 per million — and Spain's — 48 per million — is not a gap in human compassion. It's a gap in awareness, process, and accessibility.
Most people who want to pledge their organs simply do not know:
How to do it
Where to register
Whether their family will be informed
Whether their wish will actually be honoured
Whether their religion permits it
Whether it will affect their body or their funeral
Karma Samaj Foundation exists to answer all these questions — and to make the pledge process so simple, so clear, and so dignified that hesitation becomes action in just two minutes.
A single organ donor can donate kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, pancreas, and intestines — saving up to 8 people who are currently on a waiting list.
Beyond organs — corneas, skin, bone, heart valves, and tendons can be donated. One donor's tissue can improve the quality of life for up to 75 people. (Source: organdonor.gov)
Families who have donated their loved one's organs consistently report that knowing something meaningful came from their loss is a profound source of comfort. You give your family the gift of meaning — even in grief.
This is the most important apprehension — and the most honest one. In India, even when a person has pledged their organs, the final decision at the time of death rests with the family. A pledge is a powerful expression of your wish — but family consent is what makes it actually happen.
This is why we suggest that while pledging, take your family in confidence. Tell them about your intention as to why you decided to donate your organs to help humanity. If needed, we can help you tell your family what you want, why you want it, and what it means — so that when the time comes, they can honour your wish with confidence.
A pledge without a family conversation is a wish. A pledge with a family conversation is a real plan.
In fact, all major religions support acts of compassion and selfless service to others as their cherished basic principles — be it Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism or any other religion across the globe.
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
Sikhism
Buddhism
Jainism
Still, if you have any apprehensions from a religious perspective, it's better to speak with your religious leader who can answer your specific questions or apprehensions. It's always good to make such decisions apprehension-free.
It costs nothing. It takes 5 minutes. It could save up to 8 lives.