Jenna Lowe's story encourages South Africans to become organ donors | News24

09 Jun 2015

20-year-old Jenna Lowe passed away on Monday, six months after receiving a bilateral lung transplant. During her life, she lobbied for South Africans to become organ donors.

News24 spoke to Jenna days before she received her new set of lungs in December 2014. Watch the video above to see what she said about organ donations in South Africa.

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Less than 1% of South Africa's population are organ donors.

Transplant candidate (20) launches organ donation campaign.

WATCH: Jenna Lowe (20) needs a new set of lungs.

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