Organizing Community Participation in Humanitarian Blood Donation Activities

Abstract

Aim: To organize and to encourage community participation in humanitarian blood donation held by the Indonesian Red Cross in collaboration with local church. Discussion: The culture of voluntary blood donation must always be encourage, in order to guarantee timely access to safe blood and blood products and help save lives. Compliment and appreciation given to noble donation of voluntary donors who receive no remuneration but are always ready and available to donate blood to help save other lives most of whom they never meet. Using popular social media, action taken to promote, mobilize, and publish educational materials on voluntary blood donation campaigns as well as encourage local potential donor to donate voluntarily. This activity is also the implementation of the noble human values ​​of sharing, giving and caring Conclusion: Connecting all stakeholders helps to make the blood donation succesfull.