Mangalore Trust to promote better awareness for blood to the needy

Mangalore Trust to promote better awareness for blood to the needy

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, July 19, 2014:   Rotary Mangalore Hillside Charitable Trust’s website, www.rakthadaan.com, to provide blood to the needy within minutes, has got slim response from Mangaloreans in the last few weeks. In order to popularise this intense idea, the Trust is to implement updated awareness programmes.

The  website launched on June 15, hoped to embrace one lakh  blood donors  in four months, but after the end of first month the total number of registrations is 7,169 and 32 requests are received or blood in this period. Trust President Vinayak Prabhu was not satisfied with the number which are far from the target and is seeking improvements.

According to Prabhu, many inspired ‘blood donors’ register their names initially,  but when they receive SMS requesting blood, they give excuses to donate the blood or are unable to come to the hospital concerned. The general expectation is out of 10 who receive SMS, at least two or three can turn up yet it is not so.. There is lack of awareness about the need of blood among people and that needs awareness.  The awareness is like a revolution with the help of media and NGOs.

“The Trust will organise various awareness programmes on blood donation in colleges through National Service Scheme (NSS). We would begin with Roshani Nilaya. We may not reach one lakh target in City in four months, but we can reach it in future. Once we get at least 25,000 blood donors, it would become possible to contact people. Mangalore needs 300 units of blood every day, so we should work on this figure,” Prabhu said.

For  more information in this regard please visit the website,  www.rakthadaan .com.