Give in memory. Help improve blood health.
A family photograph of Sonja Ozawa
In loving memory

Sonja Ozawa

World Anemia Awareness honors the memory of Sonja Ozawa, mother of Sherri Ozawa, MSN, RN. Her love and steady encouragement helped shape Sherri’s lifelong commitment to caring for patients, a commitment that continues to advance safer, more compassionate care around the world. Gifts in her memory support blood health education for patients and families everywhere.

Celebrating a life through meaningful action

Give in Memory

Memorial giving Honouring a life by helping improve the blood health of others.

A memorial gift transforms remembrance into meaningful action for better blood health.

Through World Anemia Awareness, gifts made in memory of someone special directly support blood health education and initiatives in under-resourced communities around the world.

Our work focuses particularly on anemia and iron deficiency, with special attention to those disproportionately affected — including adolescent girls, pregnant women and mothers.

100% of memorial-gift funds received by World Anemia Awareness are dedicated to advancing blood health education and related initiatives.

Make a Memorial Gift

Your gift can be made in memory of a loved one, friend or colleague.

Simply:

  1. Choose the amount you would like to give.
  2. Select “Dedicate my donation” and enter the name of the person being remembered.
  3. Add an optional message for their family.
  4. Complete your gift securely.

If requested, we will let the family know that a gift has been made in their loved one’s memory. Individual donation amounts remain private.

Where Your Gift Goes

Your gift supports practical work focused on anemia, iron deficiency and better blood health, particularly in under-resourced communities where access to reliable information is limited.

Support is directed toward:

  • Blood health education — trusted, expert-led information that helps people recognize anemia and iron deficiency and understand when to seek care.
  • Community outreach — bringing education closer to people through local partners, schools and community-based initiatives.
  • Multilingual resources — translating and adapting blood health information so people can access it in the languages they actually use.
  • Women and girls — with particular attention to adolescent girls, pregnant women and mothers, who are especially vulnerable to iron deficiency and anemia.

World Anemia Awareness currently reaches communities in more than 150 countries and communicates across 40+ languages.

Memorial gifts are recorded separately so their use can be clearly tracked and reported.

A Lasting Tribute

Every memorial gift carries a life forward by helping others understand, protect and improve their blood health.

Through education, community outreach and multilingual resources, a gift made in memory can help someone recognize anemia or iron deficiency earlier, seek appropriate care and make better-informed decisions about their health.

Remember one life. Improve another.
Give in memory. Help improve blood health.