The world’s leading blood donator organization, Akhil Bharatiya Terapanth Yuvak Parishad with positive and active collaboration of thousands of youths filled with dedication, energy, enthusiasm and patriotism is accumulating the strength of more than 350 branches spread across cities, metros, towns and far-flung rural areas of the country in launching the mega blood donation campaign named “Mega Blood Donation Drive” (MBDD). It is a huge step towards creating “History in Blood Donation” on 17th September 2022. The target is to organize approximately 2000 Blood Donation Camps through Indian Citizens living in the country and abroad to donate more than etimated 1,50,000 units of blood. A particularly noteworthy aspect is that 36 blood donation camps are being organized in approximately 18 countries outside Indian imbibing the spirit of “Vasudaiva Kutumbakam”, a venerable eternal heritage, is being embodied.
We are all aware that there is a huge shortage of voluntary blood donation due to the fear of pandemic Covid-19 which has affected the entire world with its brutal grip for the last two-three years. The general population was at risk of coming into contact with the hospital, treatment equipment and medical personnel. In such conditions, it is common to see shortage of blood in blood-banks and other blood-bank related units. The relatives of a patient in need of blood has to first deposit their blood in the blood bank and then get the required unit of blood as replacement. In some cases, the patient’s relatives are ready to donate their blood but the blood of the required blood group is not available in the blood bank and the situation becomes complicated. As known, there is no alternate to blood.
A.B.T.Y.P.’s National President, Mr Pankaj Daga said that under the leadership of Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, we have won the war against Covid-19. Every citizen of the country is also safeguarded by the free vaccination organized by the Government of India. Death is an eternal reality but it is our moral responsibility to collect blood in the country’s blood banks through voluntary blood donation to avoid any person from dying prematurely due to scarcity of blood. With the objective of creating awareness among the mass and motivating them to donate blood voluntarily, a blood donation campaign is being conducted on 17th September 2022 in every state and union territory of the country. Organized on a single day in such a large scale, this Raktadaan Maha Abhiyan will be the first ever in the history of blood donation in the world and will be an empowering and impactful step for A.B.T.Y.P. to create history. A point to note here is that, on 6th September 2014, this organization got its name in the Guinness Book of Records by organizing 682 blood donation camps at 286 locations in the country and collecting 100212 units of blood. A special feature of this is that the Akhil Bharatiya Terapanth Yuvak Parishad is celebrating its 58th Foundation Day on 17th September 2022. Coincidentally it has added significance to the day as a celebration of the 72nd birthday of our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi contributing to this noble cause.
