Association Of Voluntary Blood Donors, West Bengal (AVBDWB)

Formation of the Association:
On January 20, 1980, Association of Voluntary Blood Donors, West Bengal was established by 89 voluntary blood donors of the state to work exclusively for motivating people to donate blood voluntarily to the Government Blood Banks with a view to eliminating the trade in human misery from the country.

Objective:
• To motivate people to donate blood voluntarily
• To create awareness in the society in the science of blood and blood donation
• To make people aware of the Safe Blood Transfusion
• To conduct blood donation camps throughout the year for Government Blood Banks
• To organize training programmes for blood donor motivators
• To publish posters, booklets to promote voluntary blood donation
• To motivate the donors of tomorrow
• To help the Government and other regulatory bodies to frame policy/rules/regulations in relation to voluntary blood donation
• To propagate the message of optimum utilization of blood amongst the blood users
• To fight against the superstition and social taboos

Philosophy of the Organisation:
If people placed in life can spare a fraction of their spare time along with their skill for any social welfare mission in a coordinated manner in the principle of time sharing a real voluntary organization can do much for the welfare of a developing country in an economic manner.

Strategies of the Organisation:
All activities of the organization revolve around the five areas :
• Education
• Motivation
• Donation
• Recognition
• Publication