MySmallHelp (MSH) ran its first Blood Donation Camp at the Quest International College, Lalitpur on Friday, with 44 students and friends of MSH donating much needed blood to fill the gap in Nepal’s donation supply.

MySmallHelp, Gwarko, Lalitpur, facilitated a motivation camp at Quest International College in coordination with the Nepal Red Cross Society. Nepal is currently running with approximately 500-600 pints of blood per day, but with a requirement of 1,000 pints. Kalpit Kumar Tripathi, of Red Cross, held an informative session to motivate the students into wanting to give the gift of life, under the “Give Blood, Save Life” campaign that MSH has premiered. For every 4 students who gave blood, there was at least one who could not as a result of being underweight or having low blood pressure, but this will not deter them in the future as many are determined to be able to give blood for the benefit of others.

In anticipation, many students from Quest International College looked on as their peers began the blood giving, only to see that the process is very quick, painless and nothing to worry about. What’s more they will have made a difference to the lives of those who require blood transfusions in the future. Some light refreshments and the students were back in class to continue with their studies, all in a hard day’s work.

As the first programme of its kind ran by MSH, and due to its huge success, MSH will continue to run these Blood Donation Camps every three months to do its part in helping students to make a difference. Each and every day hundreds of people require blood transfusions, and with donations of certain blood types scarce, each and every one of us should consider donating blood. It does well to remember that the recipient may be your friends, your children, your parents, your grandparents, your relatives, your neighbours, or even yourself. Do something amazing today; give blood.

Together we can make a difference.

Kate Baker
Volunteer August/September 2010
My Small Help