On November 10, DonorUA held the Сorporate Blood Donor Day event for the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine. During the event, 49 donors donated blood for the needs of military and civilian patients. The blood collection was carried out by the team of the Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery in Kyiv.

"Most of the American Chamber of Commerce employees have been donating blood for a long time and regularly. This is not the first time their team has done it together with DonorUA, and we are grateful for the trust and support of the donor movement. Every new Сorporate Blood Donor Day event is about a special experience that people get and about a common great goal when people share blood just because it's cool. It is also an investment in the development of the donor movement in Ukraine," comments Iryna Slavinska, co-founder of DonorUA and President of the All-Ukrainian Association of Blood Donors of Ukraine.

49 donors equal 22 liters of blood that saves lives. Each donation is an opportunity to save the lives of three people in need of transfusion. Any of us can find ourselves in such a situation, and developing a culture of donation is the key to timely help for all of us.

Photos from the event are here.

The Сorporate Blood Donor Day events are an opportunity for businesses and government agencies to join the donor movement in an organized manner. Such events enhance corporate social responsibility of companies and the culture of donation in society. The funds raised by such events allow DonorUA to organize other thematic events to attract donors, conduct educational activities and fund donated blood deliveries to the frontline regions.

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DonorUA is NGO and the only professional digital system for recruiting and navigating blood donors in Ukraine. It supports the work of 22 blood centers, cooperates with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, EU institutions, WHO, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Global Blood Fund. More than 7,000 patients have received targeted help through the platform, and it takes no more than 20 minutes to find a donor for a specific patient.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine is one of the most active and influential non-profit organizations operating in Ukraine. The organization is the voice of major investors operating in Ukraine and works to attract new investors to the market.