Two organisations, the Blood Donors are life Savers and the ASMAC Skill Development Centre, jointly sponsored a blood donation awareness training at the ASMAC Centre at Khandagiri here on Saturday.
Founder of Blood Donors life Savers and Red Cross life member laxman Swain explained the importance of donating blood to remain physically fit and motivated he trainees to act as a bridge between the blood donors and the needy. Swain said that nearly four lakh forty thousand units of blood are required in Odisha, but the collection in the State is only one lakh twenty thousand.
As many as 60 trainees joined in this programme, learnt the value of blood donation and also promised to donate blood regularly. ASMAC Centre manager Giri Ranjan Pati, andsocial worker Arun Das were present.