Red Sunday - Join once will be forever

17/01/2018

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On the morning of October 17, at the head office of Tien Phong Newspaper, the Organizing Committee of the "Red Sunday" program held a press conference, officially launching the charity "Red Journey" in 2018. The program is presided over by Tien Phong Newspaper, in collaboration with the National Traffic Safety Committee, the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion and the Provincial Voluntary Blood Donation Steering Committee and will be opened in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and other localities. This is the fifth time For Vietnamese Stature Foundation has participated in the program since its founding, on the 10-year journey of the Red Sunday program.

For Vietnamese Stature Foundation commits to supporting the Red Sunday once and forever.

In fact, at every New Year, the traffic becomes heavy, the potential rate of traffic accidents rises and leads to the increase in the need for blood transfusions. Additionally, more and more diseases need support from blood donors. Therefore, Tien Phong Newspaper and a number of organizations hold the Red Sunday program with two goals: 1. Contributing to solving the shortage of blood in hospitals at Lunar New Year; 2. Publicizing and mobilizing the voluntary blood donation movements.

Journalist Le Xuan Son - Editor-in-Chief Tien Phong Newspaper, Head of the Organizing Committee - chaired the press conference

At the press conference, journalist Le Xuan Son - Editor-in-chief of Tien Phong newspaper, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee – said, "Without the sponsors, we cannot grow large and strong. Their cooperation will help us lessen the difficulties.” Among them, there are a number of individuals and organizations such as Bach Quoc Khanh - Director of the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Pham Hoang Luong - Vice Principal of Hanoi University of Technology - the representative of the host organization of the Red Sunday Festival; Beauty of Communication of Miss Vietnam 2016 Phung Ngoc Bao Van, the representatives of the Provincial Assembly, along with many reporters and representatives of the partners: Prudential Company, Muong Thanh Hotel Group, For Vietnamese Stature Foundation, TH Group, Hanoi Transportation Corporation and Samsung Company Vietnam.

In 2018, 31 provinces and cities registered to participate in the event with over 60 volunteer blood donation places, and the campaign collected about 35,000 units of blood.

In 2018, Red Sunday continues to receive the support of the committees and ministries, especially from the 31 provinces, such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Binh, Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa and Dong Nai. The units of Armed Forces such as Logistics Academy and Hanoi Police Academy continue to respond to the Red Sunday’s appeal. This year, the appeal of Red Sunday has spread to the Samsung group, a large foreign enterprise which has traditional voluntary blood donation. Samsung’s leaders have decided to link their blood donation day with Red Sunday. Red Sunday 2018 also received the support of Prudential Vietnam Insurance Company in 26 provinces/cities nationwide, Muong Thanh Hotel Group, TH Group and For Vietnamese Stature Foundation - a social, charitable and non-profit foundation that promotes the physical and mental well-being of Vietnamese children.

Besides playing a role as a sponsor for the Red Sunday event, For Vietnamese Stature Foundation also contributed significantly to spreading the message "Blood donation – Save our Lives" to the community. For Vietnamese Stature Foundation made the commitment to join the Red Sunday once and forever.

For Vietnamese Stature Foundation and many powerful forces together took part in the 10th Red Sunday in 2018, which was held from December 2017 to January 2018. Until January 15, 2018, there were 19 provinces and cities in over 31 participating provinces that held Red Sunday. There were 30 out of 60 registration agents holding blood donation. The total amount of blood received was 23,392 units, reaching 67% of the planned target of the Red Sunday in 2018 (35,000 units of blood).

At the press conference, touched by the support from the sponsors, Ms. Vu Thi Huyen from Thanh Hoa, hemolytic patient being treated at the Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, shared, "My family’s life has become more difficult since I was born with congenital hemorrhage. I usually have to go to the Institute for blood transfusion and iron excretion every 2 months. I am a rare O blood type. I am very grateful and hope that more and more supporters like For Vietnamese Stature Foundation will join us and inspire blood donation to the community. " Ms.Huyen alone needs 3 blood bags (350 units) for each transfusion.

Mr. Bach Quoc Khanh, Director of the National Institute of Hematology, made a speech for the press

According to the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, from January 1 to March 16, 2018 (the end of lunar January), the Institute needed about 60,000 units of blood to meet the needs of treatment, with 30,000 units of O blood type in particular. However, the Institute expects to receive only 50,000 units of blood (10,000 units of blood less than is needed). It is estimated that about 320,000 units of blood will be available for treatment and to keep in reserve at hospitals before and after the Lunar New Year.

January 21, 2018 is the main festival day of the Red Sunday program. Red Sunday is an annual event with profound humanity in order to make a significant contribution to overcoming the scarcity of blood for treatment at the medical facilities during this Lunar New Year.