MTN ready for nationwide “save a life” blood donation exercise
The MTN Ghana Foundation has announced that its annual blood donation exercise dubbed “Save a Life” will be held this year on Friday, 14 February 2020 to collect life-saving blood to stock the blood banks across the country.
The Foundation said it hopes to collect a total of 5,000 units of blood during the exercise.
In all, over 30 bleeding centres will be set up in all 16 regions.
Commenting on the planned event, Corporate Services Executive of MTN Ghana Samuel Koranteng said: “The MTN Ghana Foundation instituted the blood donation exercise to collect blood to improve health delivery. The initiative has been phenomenal and it is important to sustain it”
“In view of our commitment to save lives through blood donation, the Foundation is appealing to members of the public to come out in their numbers to express their love on Valentine’s Day by donating a pint of blood to help save a life,” he said.
The MTN “Save a Life” project is an annual Valentine’s Day blood donation exercise.
The initiative gives MTN staff and other individuals the opportunity to donate blood and stock the National Blood Bank and other regional hospitals.
It started in 2011 was in response to calls made by the National Blood Service for voluntary contributions to replenish critically low stocks of blood.
In all over 14,000 pints of blood have been collected.
In recognition of its efforts, the MTN Ghana Foundation was adjudged the highest corporate blood donor in 2013, second highest corporate donor in 2014 and one of the highest corporate donors in 2015.
Source: ClassFMonline.com
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