“They are my family”: Cyprus mother and daughter part of eight-person kidney transplant chain in Israel

The story of 16-year-old Foteini and her mother has moved many, after the pair found themselves at the centre of a “chain of life” organised in Israel, in which four people of different nationalities and religions gave the most precious gift, donating a kidney to four patients in need of a transplant.

Three of the donors were relatives of the recipients, while the fourth, who completed the domino transplant circle by giving his kidney to Foteini, was an altruistic donor....