Currently involved in a $ 930,000, federally project to increase awareness towards organ donation in Arab – American / Chaldean Community, in affiliation with Michigan Transplantation Society and University of Michigan-Dearborn.   

Participated in the Homecoming – Dearborn’s biggest community event in August 2001 and August 2002, and disseminated information about organ and tissue donation.

Produced education material, “Casey Saves a Life” for children in grades 1 through 3; “Let’s Learn About Organ & Tissue Donation” for 4th through 6th grades and “About Organ and Tissue Donation” for high school students.

The IAOD’s web site was made multilingual. Its contents are now available in English, Spanish, and French and by the year’s end Arabic will also be the next language. With almost 6000, hits a month the web site is the most visited site on organ donation among the 10,750 in the world.

Created database for organ donors and recipients.

On May 16th, 2002 another grant request was submitted to support our work in the Asian – American communities.