What do you think about donating blood?

I am very happy to see that in Romania there are some campaigns that are trying to raise awareness among people about the low amount of blood in hospitals. But are Romanians ready to give their blood away?

If you had asked me this yesterday, I would have said..no they are not.
But after yesterday night, after seeing the results of a previous campaign I was astonished to see that maybe we know how to help each other. The association REACT raised the amount of blood for 70000 people. Almost 15 000 people donated..

I think that this is an extraordinary project from which we can learn so much. I uploaded the commercial of the campaign down on the page at the section: the commercial of the day.

This project was awarded among many others for its commitment towards society and its citizens at the event Gala Societatii Civile- the Gala of the Civil Society. A unique event that offers visibility to NGOs’ projects and awards them symbolically for their involvement in the civil society. More information about the gala @ www.galasocietatiicivile.ro

I will like also to say congratulations to all the team from Millennium Communications that made a wonderful job by organizing this event and thanks to Laura Banica for inviting me to take part in it.

Coming back to our need for blood..(we are not vampires..even if we are Romanians) there is a new campaign called “Doneaza sange. Fii erou”- Donate blood. Be a hero. It takes place between 18-22 of May..so tomorrow is the last day so you should hurry. More information about it in Romanian@ http://ralucaicleanu.blog.com .

If you want to donate blood you should know that there are many rules concerning the donor. Whether you can give blood or not, you can see here by answering a few questions: http://www.blood.co.uk/pages/flash_questions.html

So I think that donating blood is one of the best actions because you can help a lot of people. But we should all participate..not only 15000...but all 21 million people from Romania. This way I think we can save other millions... So let’s give a part of us to somebody that really needs it!