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Akhil Bhartiya Terapanth Yuvak Parishad (ABTYP) aspires to make India blood sufficient : Sandeep Kothari, National Prez

India is currently deficient in about 2 million blood units, the ongoing pandemic and the vaccination have further lowered this deficiency levels

ABP Digital Brand Studio Published 31.08.21, 04:22 PM

Akhil Bhartiya Terapanth Yuvak Parishad (ABTYP) is the youth wing of Terapanth sect of Jain community. Based out of India and having a nationwide network of more than 350 branches and 45000 plus youth, ABTYP organises blood donation camp under name of *Mega Blood Donation Drive (MBDD) *. India is currently deficient in about 2 million blood units, the ongoing pandemic and the vaccination have further lowered this deficiency levels. Through their Mega Blood Donation Drive, ABTYP committee strives to make India blood sufficient. Their aim is to ensure that blood is available in every corner of India to anyone in need. Over the years they have organised many shibirs and blood donation camps all over the country. For their remarkable achievements, they have been featured in various news channels and media time and again. The volunteers and ambassadors of ABTYP are relentlessly working towards making India blood self-sufficient.

Some of their major accomplishments in the field of blood donation are:

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Year 2012: They organised the first Mega Blood Donation Drive with Sachin Tendulkar as their brand ambassador and collected 96600 of blood across India in a single day.

Year 2014: Being mentioned in Guinness World Record for collecting 100212 units of blood in single day. Celebrities across the country joined this red revolution.

Year 2016: The organization conducted a marathon - world longest blood donation drive wherein blood donation camps were organised everyday throughout India from 01st Jan, 2016 to 31 December, 2016 and were awarded and recognised by Govt of India & various State Governments.

On learning that plasma can save people from COVID19, ABTYP organized more than 3000 plasma donations camps throughout the country. During the nationwide lockdown, more than 55000 units of blood and 2000 units of plasma from Covid recovered patients were collected and donated to various hospitals and blood banks. These milestone events are recorded in various books of records. Now their mission is to create the biggest virtual blood donor’s data bank.

It is commendable to note here that ABTYP also finds a mention in the various books of records like - Asia books of records, India books of records

Global Pacific records, Asia Pacific records and so on.

The mission of ABTYP is, 'To save as many lives as possible by maintaining a reliable and economical blood supply in India’s remotest locations.' With support from the public, they hope to expand further and help the county become blood sufficient.

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