DONARTE Association
Two children.
Nicholas Green was seven years old and Rolly Prajapati was six. Their families decided to donate their organs, in Italy in 1994 and in India in 2022. The DONARTE association grew out of these two stories and carries their names.
About us
Making organ donation better understood
The association works to make organ donation and transplantation understood, to support patients waiting for a transplant and their families, to promote research and prevention, and to build a culture of donation. We do that through information and training, alongside hospitals and transplant authorities, and through cultural, artistic and sporting events, which for us count as much as the scientific conferences.
- 8,000
- people in Italy are on the transplant waiting list todayAnna Teresa Mazzeo, DONARTE interview
V International Conference
DONARTE 2026
Donation and Art: Nicholas and Rolly Testimonials
A Transplant Renaissance: Ethics, Equity, and Evolution
- Dates
- 4–6 October 2026
- Venue
- Aula Magna del Rettorato, Università degli Studi di MessinaMessina, Sicily
Deadlines
Premio DONARTE
A prize open to everyone
The Premio DONARTE has five categories: painting and sculpture, photography, poetry, fiction and children's literature. Entry is free and open to any age and nationality. The works are exhibited during the congress, and the winners receive their prizes at the Gran Galà.
- Works must arrive by 18 September 2026
- Exhibition and Gran Galà during the congress
People
The board and the committees
Here you will find the association's board and the committees appointed for the 2026 congress. Some appointments are still to come.
- Honorary presidency: Reginald and Maggie Green
Our Work
What we do through the year
Beyond the congress the association works all year across four areas: awareness, sport, schools and universities, and art. From the Transplant Games to the Targeting 30 in Sicily campaign, which asks for more donors and safer roads together.
- Transplant Games, Sunday 4 October
- Targeting 30 in Sicily
Contact
How to reach us
You can write to us with a question, to join the association, to volunteer, or to support the congress.