by fiods-ifbdo | Lug 16, 2014 | News |
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by fiods-ifbdo | Lug 16, 2014 | News |
IFBDO President visits Vietnam From the 17th to the 21st of March IFBDO President Gian Franco Massaro, welcomed by Mr. Tuyen Nguyen Chi (Former Deputy General Secretary VIETNAM RED CROSS SOCIETY), visited Vietnam. During his official visit he participated to several important meetings with Vietnamese authorities, associations and volunteers. The main events were the meeting with the Red Cross Office and the one with the National Steering Committee for VBDR held on March 18th. On March 19th he visited Vinh Phuc Province and the local VBDR Center. In the same day he discussed with representatives of Vinh Phuc Red Cross on several topics, mainly concerning voluntary non remunerated blood donation and blood donor recruitment, local policies and activities, new proposals and developments, the main achieved objectives and the hardest problems. Furthermore, the Red Cross representatives discussed with President Massaro about their intentions to submit a new program of development, which would help them implementing and improving the local service, to the IFBDO Foundation of Solidarity. Although VNRBD in Vietnam has achieved several goals and is fulfilling a successful policy, still many improvements needs to be made. After taking part to a manifestation held in the University of Vinh Phuc, during which Youth representatives and young blood donors showed their interest and active participation in our cause, it was surprising to know how in Vietnam blood donation mostly comes from young donors and college students and how they actively spread the blood donation culture. In 2013 in Vietnam, where the main agencies involved in blood donation are the Ministry of Health and the Red Cross, the total amount of blood...
by fiods-ifbdo | Lug 16, 2014 | News |
4th IFBDO International Seminar General Assembly and New Executive Board Buenos Aires, Argentina – April 22nd– 24th 2014 On April 22nd– 24th, 2014, in Buenos Aires (Argentine) it took place a convention whose main activities were: – Meeting of the Latin American National Blood Programs Coordinators; – 3rd Argentine Blood Donor Day – 4th IFBDO International Seminar – IFBDO General Assembly It was organized by the Argentine Health Ministry in cooperation with the IFBDO and the PAHO. It was aimed at the promotion of voluntary non remunerated blood donation, respecting values such as: solidarity, anonymity, altruism and no profit. The participants arrived from all over the world. There were representatives of the IFBDO countries (51 countries), of the Latin American countries (20 countries), together with several Argentinian representatives, actively involved in blood donation. Furthermore, during this important convention it was celebrated the 50th anniversary of the ADAVSE (The Voluntary Blood Donor Association of the Argentine Army), that was the first Blood Donor Association of the country. The objectives of this activities were: – Define strategies that could support blood donation programs in the governmental agenda; – Highlight its ethical, sanitary, political and economic importance; – Share several differences and points of view concerning blood donation; – Define complementary activities among different countries and/or sectors whose synergy could make it possible to reach new social...
by fiods-ifbdo | Lug 15, 2014 | News |
The 14th International Youth Forum of IFBDO/FIODS took place in Bouznika, Morocco, from 28th to 31st August 2014. More than 50 young volunteers from 12 countries have been welcomed at the Complex Moulay Rachid de la Jeunesse et de l’Enfance for a unique experience of training and sharing of best practices on the theme “W for Want to be a Blood Volunteer: what, who, where, when, why. Increased knowledge on the gift of blood, new reasons to save lives”. The Forum opened with the traditional Market, a special occasion where each of the represented delegations had the chance to expose its typical products and gadgets from the national blood donors association. The following day the training programme officially started: the aim was to raise awareness and share expertise on different crucial aspects on blood volunteering, drawing inspiration from the “Five W’s rule” of journalism (What, Who, When, Where & Why). Participants have been involved in four different workshops. The first one has been conducted by Denmark (What) on different types of blood donation, bone marrow donation and organ donation, whereas the second one (Who), by Morocco, focused on the role of youth as citizens and promoters. Lebanon (When & Where) talked about the use of social media for communication and fundraising events, and Italy (Why) made a presentation on the motivation of volunteers in blood donors associations. Each workshop have been followed by smaller groups discussions for a deeper analysis of the topics. We really believe to have learned a lot as young volunteers and we will use this experience and suggestions within our associations during the whole year!...
by fiods-ifbdo | Lug 15, 2014 | News |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP ON VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION MOVEMENT 10-11-12 January 2014 The Fiods President Gian Franco Massaro, has taken part in this important event, organized by the Indian Association, which belongs to FIODS. In the three days, all the themes and problems associated with the voluntary donation of blood have been considered, consider that at the moment the donation index is 5 for every inhabitant. During the Conference, delegations from Nepal and Bangladesh have taken part, Bangladesh was invited by the President to join the Federation, the President of the Association of Bangladesh has invited President Massaro to visit his country in August during the National...
