Rlg Foundation organises blood donation exercise
The Rlg Foundation, in partnership with the National Blood Service, has organised its first ever blood donation exercise.
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The exercise, which took place at the forecourt of the Rlg Plant, Osu, was part of the foundation’s corporate social responsibility.
Speaking to journalists, Mr Fraizer Appeadu Malcolm, the Rlg Foundation Manager, said the blood donation was to stock the National Blood Service with “enough and adequate” blood for patients.
He noted that because there were usually a lot of accidents during festive occasions, the blood donation exercise was very timely since Christmas was just two months away.
“For staff of Rlg and Agams Holdings, it is important to give back to the community that we live and work in,” he added.
Mrs Sophia Mellis Blankson, the Donor Recruiter for the National Blood Service, Korle Bu, said because there was no artificial substitute for blood, its demand far outweighed the supply.
She noted that the Rlg Foundation came to the National Blood Service to partner it to build the blood stock of the service.
“The National Blood Service can only get blood from the community. We always need blood to fill our fridges so we can fall back on them in times of emergency” she said.
Mrs Blankson commended the Rlg Foundation and encouraged other groups to adopt blood donation exercise as their corporate social responsibility.
“People donate money and their resources like buildings, but if you donate blood, it is likely maternal mortality would go down,” she noted.
The Rlg Foundation is the social intervention arm of the Rlg Group, a mobile phone manufacturing company.