Website www.sandhani.org | ||
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Motto Donate blood! Save life! Formation February 5, 1977 (1977-02-05) Type Volunteer humanitarian organization Key people Mostafizur Rahman Sapon (founder-president) |
Sandhani (Bengali: সন্ধানী) is the first organized volunteer blood donation program in Bangladesh and began on 5 February 1977 with a view to donate blood among patients but it has since broadened its scope of postmortem voluntary eye donation and donating money among the poor patients.
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History
Some students of Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh were trying to help one of their friends who was fumbling to afford his daily breakfast. After solving this problem successfully, they realized that they can solve many difficult tasks. As a result of good union Shandhani was born. Shandhani arranged Voluntary Blood Donation Program in Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) blood bank on 2 November 1978 for the first time. For this reason, 02 November is celebrated as "National Volunteer Blood Donation & Posthumous Eye Donation Day" ( জাতীয় স্বেচ্ছায় রক্তদান ও মরণোত্তর চক্ষুদান দিবস ).
Vision
This organization has vision to save every life despite economic status.
Mission
Their prime mission is promoting public awareness regarding safe blood transfusion through collecting and storing blood. However, they have also launched promotion of postmortem voluntary eye donation and donating money among the poor patients.
Oath
"In the name of almighty, I do hereby swear that I will leave no stone unturned to fulfill the goals and objectives of Sandhani. I will dedicate my life to the service of Sandhani by shunning personal interest all kinds of political affiliations. So help me God"
Achievement
Shandhani provides blood 40% of whole requirement of country.