A true story of poor utilisation of some rare units of blood. (Names and identities have not been mentioned to protect privacy)

At a time when the city of Bangalore was in a mini crisis for blood, Rakta Kranti Bangalore became the lifeline for the city. A total of 8 blood donation drives were conducted leading to a collection of 662 units of blood!

At a time when colleges are either busy in examinations or are closed for summer/semester breaks, this huge collection is attributed to the spirit of responsibility shown by the industry. 

Dengue fever also known as breakbone fever, is an infectious disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic morbilliform skin rash. In some cases the disease develops to the life threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever (bleeding, low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage) and dengue shock syndrome (circulatory failure). Dengue is transmitted by species of mosquitoes.

Sankalp celebrated completing 8 years since its inception on 23rd May 2003. With all rigor, the Volunteers started the preparations weeks before the Anniversary function. This year, the function for all the well-wishers and Sankalp friends was held on 21sy May in the seminar hall of M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, from 2pm to 4pm. The program that began with the singing of Vande Mataram was packed with cultural events including song and dance and also a rich set of presentations and talks highlighting Sankalp's journey over the last year.

Rakta Kranti Bangalore

We had 5 blood donation drives in the month of March where 409 donations and over 550 registrations. The details of these drives are given below:

• The month started with a blood donation drive at TATA consulting engineers Limited on 3rd March. This day was also the Founder’s day for TATA group. The team red volunteers did a great job in spreading awareness among the people and we had 57 donations here.

On the second of April as the nation rejoiced the triumph of the Indian cricket team at the biggest stage in cricket, volunteers of Sankalp had another reason to celebrate. Sankalp India Foundation had a few hours earlier won the Spirit of Humanity Awards 2011 for being one of the committed NGOs working in the healthcare sector.