Gillete, in a recent initiative, located citizens from nook and corners of India, who have done simple but inspiring work. They presented the Blade Of Honour award to citizen soldiers who have contributed to the society with their soldierly values.
Even as Sankalp's Disaster Management and Mitigation Wing worked through the highs and lows of the disaster prone Sikkim, Sankalp's Blood Donation Wing scaled new heights this September with Rakta Kranti and Disha achieving new personal landmarks. Here is a snapshot of Sankalp BDO for Sep 2011
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has hit areas of Sikkim on Sunday (18/9/2011) evening.
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!
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.
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.
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:
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.
"Shaheedon ki chitaaon par lageinge har baras mele ????
Watan pe mitne walon ka yehee bakee nishaan hoga"?
Bombay blood group requests have increased tremendously in the past few weeks since January. Even in the month of February, there were 4 requests of Bombay blood group, out of which two were from Bangalore and 1 from Vadodara and 1 from Vijaywada. If you know any Bombay blood group donors, please let us know.
