2020 Jan - Blood donation camp

•    Date: 7th January 2020

•    Venue : Sudharmaramay Viharaya, Battaramulla Sri Lanka.

•    Blood donated: 98 units, from approx 125 donour paticipation.

•    Recipients: Blood bank, Apeksha Hospital (National Cancer Institute) , Maharagama, Sri Lanka.

•    Expenses: LKR 47 550

•    Total donation value: LKR 75 390, from which 27 840 are material donations.

 

This is our  first blood donation camp. It was a great success.

When we initially spoke with doctors at blood bank, we were told that even 25 units on a week day is of great value. Therefore, we selected a week day and in our initial planning was to collect between 40 to 50 units.

At the end of the day, we had collected 98 units, while the time was not enough for another substantial group of donours to donate blood.

The experience is quite unlike the donations we did before. In our previous projects the donations were material, and organization and coordination were much simple. This event, though we organized for the first time, we could make it a success due to dedication of our ground level Ekamuthu team. Then there were a large number of our friends who helped us, even though they could not participate in person to the event.

Also it is such a pleasure to see participation of our younger generation: children from various ages, who took part in the activities with their parents.

Our Sponsors

We are thankful to following corporate sponsors.

1. Nestle Ltd., donated Nestomalt.
2. Perera & Sons Ltd., participated with tea buns.
3. Ranil cartering services provided lunch at a concessionary rate as well as free refreshments in afternoon.

Accounts

See the project accounts report in the "Files" section.

Image gallery

A selection of pictures taken during the event are available here in Image gallary