More than 200 volunteers marched to promote the 'Red Journey 2019' program

Union members, youth, and volunteers participated in the parade, promoting blood donation, and responding to the 7th "Red Journey" Program - 2019. Photo: Sy Hung

During the mobile parade and propaganda, union members, youth and volunteers from the provincial Red Cross Society went through central roads and densely populated areas in Vinh City.

Through this activity, it aims to raise awareness among cadres, union members, youth, and people in the province about voluntary blood donation and blood transfusion safety, congenital and genetic diseases, especially congenital hemolytic disease; At the same time, the voluntary blood donation movement will develop more and more sustainably, extensively, effectively, becoming a cultural beauty, a noble gesture of each citizen; Expand the target group of voluntary blood donors, meeting a large part of the blood demand, in order to reduce the severe blood shortage for emergency and treatment of patients in the summer of 2019.

Voluntary blood donation parade on the streets of Vinh. Photo: Sy Hung

In the 7th "Red Journey - Connecting Vietnamese Blood" program in 2019, Nghe An strives to directly propagate and advise 10,000 people about voluntary blood donation and thalassemia, and mobilize about 2,000 people to register to donate blood...

During the program, Nghe An organized 4 response points including: Vinh City Live Blood Bank Club, Provincial Business Bloc Union, Nghi Loc District, Do Luong District, and achieved over 2,023 converted blood units.

Within the framework of the program, the blood donation festival "Giọt hồng xua Nghệ" takes place tomorrow morning, July 20, at the Vinh City Festival Palace (Nghe An), striving to collect more than 1,700 units of blood.