World-blood donation drive with a goal of 2L items | Bengaluru Information – Occasions of India

BENGALURU: A volunteer group plans to organise a global-level blood donation drive to unravel the scarcity of blood in blood banks, in not simply India, however throughout completely different nations.
Come September 17, 2022, the volunteer group – Akhil Bharatiya Terapanth Yuvak Parishad (ABTYP) – plans to organise a Mega Blood Donation Drive (MBDD), spanning over 50 nations. They hope to succeed in a goal of two lakh items of blood by way of the drive.
Amit Dak, president of Terapanth Yuvak Parishad (TYP) Vijayanagar, the city-wing of the national-level group, informed TOI that members of the group and neighborhood unfold throughout nations like Dubai, Hong Kong, Spain, elements of the USA, the UK, a few African and Center Jap nations, will be part of arms to make the drive successful. “ABTYP’s Basic Secretary Pawan Mandot and ABTYP former President Vimal Kataria referred to as upon Vice President of India, Shri Venkaiah Naidu, relating to the Mega Blood Donation Drive,” stated Dak, who can be the MBDD south zone coordinator.
He added that greater than 2000 blood donations could be organised simply inside the nation. Basic Secretary of the organisation, Pawan Mandot stated that their organisation began this work on June 5 from 5 recognized areas of the nation.
Dak stated that the group has chosen September 17 because the day for the worldwide drive to mark the Parishad’s forty fifth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, and the Vishwakarma Jayanthi.
Dak claims that in 2014, the organisation had set a Guinness World document by accumulating greater than a lakh items of blood.
Vimal Kataria stated that together with their 354 branches unfold everywhere in the nation and Nepal, many different social service organizations within the nation are additionally coming ahead to hitch this marketing campaign. “Appreciating the service of the group, Hon’ble Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu Ji gave his invaluable help to this mega blood donation drive to be held on September 17,” he stated.
Town wing of the Youth group had collected 6314 items of blood in 108 days in March.
Dak says the blood donation drives are aimed to assist folks and beat the scarcity of blood in blood banks. “With the pandemic, we now have seen many individuals nonetheless hesitant to donate their blood. The drives will encourage folks to return ahead to do the nice deed, and in flip, assist these in want,” he stated.