Rakta Kranti Karnataka

Karnataka needs 0.6 million units of blood every year. The state has more than 2 million students studying in professional colleges across the length and breadth of the state. Yet the state has only 60 - 65% of blood being made available through voluntary donations.

 

'This was a terrible summer for Karnataka. Not  Only did the summer temperatures soar higher than ever before, there was a severe shortage of blood across the state. Sankalp's Rakta Kranti team tried to pull in as many blood donation drives as possible to address this need 13 Sankalp blood donation drives were held in (Bangalore, Mysore, Dharwad, Belgaum in the month of May leading to a collection of more than 2000 units of blood. here, is a snapshot of these drives.