During the month of April, 12 cities of the country held this successful campaign that the Global Embassy of Activists for Peace carries out with the slogan “Life is in the Blood”.
During the month of April 2014, the Third Voluntary Blood Drive: “Life is in the Blood” was held by the Global Embassy of Activists for Peace.
Volunteers and activists from National District and Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic joined this international drive the 8th and 9th of the past month under the Dominican coordination of the Global Embassy, in conjunction with the Vice-Rector of Extension from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Primate of the Americas, and the Dominican Red Cross.
The great Colombian peninsula also participated in the 3rd International Blood Donation Marathon by carrying out a blood drive in the city of Maicao on April 8, 2014, in which 83 effective blood units were collected.
Every second of the day, someone in the world needs a blood transfusion to survive. It is important to count on volunteers that practice the value of solidarity and are able to donate safe blood.