Members of the taxi owners’ association in Eitrea’s Central Region have been voluntarily donatin blood to the needy in that community.
60 units of blood was donated by them on 27 January, continuing with a tradition by members of the association to donate blood regularly every year.
Mr. Yitbarek Haile, General Secretary of the association, said that voluntary blood donation is an initiative that requires individual commitment and goodwill.
Nurse Okbai Yohannes, coordinator of blood donation at the National Blood Transfusion Service, and Mr. Yonas Tesfamicael, head of organisation and donation at the National Blood Donors Association, said that individual and group donors are playing a significant role in saving lives.
They called on students to follow in this footstep in their free time, noting that donating blood leaves no adverse effect on donors’ health.
Participants also called on other sections of the public to play an active role in saving lives by donating blood.
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