August 2010: First anniversary of Disha Karnataka Helpline and Dengue..
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.
One Patient's Story: Living with and Learning from Thalassemia
High school student Aaron Cheng shares a speech about thalassemia which he recently delivered to his classmates. I share this inspiring testimony with you below.
To My Classmates
Blood Donation Drive @ EMC2, Bangalore
Sankalp India Foundation and EMC2 are organising a blood donation drive at EMC2. This is the first Sankalp drive @ this organisation and the first one from EMC2 at their new campus. This drive will be an added boost to the blood banks facing shortage of platelets thanks to the Dengue effect
Blood Donation drive @ Lingraj College, Belgaum
Sankalp India Foundation is organising a blood donation drive @ Lingraj College in Belgaum district on 30 October. This is the first Sankalp drive at Belgaum and there will be the perfect setting for more events to take shape in that district
Blood Donor Registration drive @ Bellary
A Sankalp team is visiting Bellary Institute Of Technology and Management, Bellary to register blood donors into the Sankalp statewide emergency blood donor database. With this event Sankalp will be more effective in addressing emergency blood donation requests in Bellary
Preparation
Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
The dengue crisis
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?