Blood donors can earn tickets to the Global Citizen festival
Participants can visit any SANBS donor centre or mobile drive in South Africa until November 22.
Would you donate your blood to earn tickets to see Beyonce and Jay-Z?
Global Citizen has partnered with the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) to motivate young South Africans to donate blood in order to earn tickets to the Global Citizen festival.
By donating blood during this time, SANBS blood donors stand to earn two tickets each, including flights (for donors outside of Gauteng), accommodation with dinner, breakfast and transfers to and from the festival.
The festival is a free-ticketed event on December 2 at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.
The SANBS spokesperson, Silungile Mlambo, said: “Despite SA’s youth forming almost 50 per cent of the population, we are critically low on donors.
“To increase donations, we have partnered with Global Citizen to engage the youth to donate between now and November 22 to earn tickets to the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100.
“It is our sincere hope that they will continue to donate once the Mandela 100 campaign is over and truly prove themselves as the generation that saves lives.”
According to Thato Noinyane, Global Citizen partnerships manager, health is a basic need and those living in extreme poverty rely on government resources to help them when necessities like blood transfusions are needed.
“Reserves in South Africa are at critically low levels, those who are not able to go to private hospitals suffer the most. We are thrilled to support this initiative and encourage global citizens to make regular blood donations their responsibility.
“It just takes 20 minutes, and with blood drives all over the country, it’s never been easier. What’s more, one unit of blood can potentially save three lives,” Noinyane said.
For full details on how and where to donate blood to earn your tickets, visit https://sanbs.org.za/
Winners will be contacted via telephone on November 26.
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