Vilisunia Fakalata is eight months old and in desperate need of a liver transplant.  He has a rare condition called biliary atresia, which destroys the bile ducts preventing bile flow from the liver to the intestine.

His family shared their story with Nine News.

Australia has one of the lowest organ donation rates in the developed world.  You can register your consent to become an organ and tissue donor by visiting the LifeGift Victoria (www.organdonor.com.au) website.