![]() A pilot intervention of the A.C.T.I.O.N project, this initiative provides accessible education on organ health including preventative care. The ACB Organ Health YouTube Channel Advisory Committee plans, co-creates and helps promote engaging, informative and trusted video content and supporting resources for ACB patients, caregivers, clinicians and community. The Centre for Living Organ Donation at UHN has been working with patient partners, professionals and creatives from the African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities to develop and launch, in September 2021, the ACB Organ Health, a YouTube Channel dedicated to sharing experiences and knowledge of transplantation and living donation. ![]() ![]() He shares the story of his journey and his lessons learned whenever and wherever he can in hopes of benefiting the patients coming along behind him.Ĭharles spends his time volunteering with several organizations including the Kidney Foundation, the Transplant Ambassador Program, the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP) and the ACB Organ Health YouTube Channel to name a few.Ībout the ACB Organ Health YouTube Channel Charles lives his life now doing whatever he can to pay those gifts forward. He has received 2 Gifts of Life which he believes he can never pay back. Both of his surgeries were performed by the incredible transplant teams at Toronto General Hospital. He received his heart in 2016 and received his kidney in 2017. He landed in the Kitchener-Waterloo area of Ontario and he has been there ever since.Ĭharles is a 2-time deceased donor transplant recipient. Charles moved to Canada in the summer of 2006. He is the father of 2 fantastic young adults, a son Matthew and a daughter Chloe, and married to whom he called his rock, Monica. ![]() Charles was born and raised in the great state of Georgia, USA. ![]()
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