Currently, according to the Annual plan of Sankalp, most of our working wings tend to relax and come out of the execution semester and gear up for the planning semester. But, this year, the situation is such that, execution is still on the highest priority leaving less time for planning.
Recently a volunteer of the Sankalp emergency wing was interviewed on the current blood shortage that has hit the state due to dengue. Read on-
Q. Tell me about the situation?
Volunteer- Dengue has hit really hard this year. We received thrice the normal number of blood requests this week. The number of emergency requests has alone crossed the average of 10 per day. Blood banks are running dry on platelets.
World Blood Donor Day is celebrated to create awareness about the importance of voluntary blood donation and encourage more people, especially the Youth, to become regular blood donors who donate two or three times in a year. Apart from encouraging people, 14th June is a day when the individuals who have saved lives by donating blood and become super hero are thanked and acknowledged.
With most of the Sankalp volunteers on vacation due to semester end holidays, only a handful of volunteers are involved in various Sankalp activities. Here is a snapshot of what happened in Sankalp over the last few days
