TO commemorate World Blood Donor Day on Sunday 14 June, National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) volunteers across the country responded to the call to donate blood.
According to the South African National Blood Service (SANBS), less than one per cent of South Africans are active blood donors.
NSRI volunteers, at both coastal and inland region stations, have donated blood as part of national efforts to help save lives – both on water and land.
The NSRI is a non-profit organisation staffed by highly trained volunteers who are ordinary people doing extraordinary things day after day. NSRI CEO Dr Cleeve Robertson said: “Volunteering is at the heart of what we do and donating blood, especially in the build up to World Blood Donor Day, is simply an extension of who we are. We would urge everyone who is able to donate blood to do so as part of the national effort to save lives.”
For over 50 years, the NSRI has been saving lives and educating South Africans about water safety, for free.
The NSRI relies on donations from the public and corporates.
Visit www.nsri.org.za to see how you can help save lives.
A unit of blood only lasts 42 days after donation and blood donors are encouraged to donate regularly.
Donors can give blood as often as every eight weeks.
Every unit of blood can save a minimum of three lives as blood is separated into red blood cells, plasma and platelets.
The SANBS aims to collect 3,000 units of blood per day to ensure a safe and sufficient blood supply in the health care system.
The public is invited to donate blood at Musgrave Blood Donor Clinic, next to Berea Congregational Church, Pardy Gardens Road, off Musgrave Road.
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