MTN Foundation To Brighten More Lives With 5th "Save A Life" Blood Donation Campaign

MTN Ghana Foundation is set for the 5th edition of its annual Valentine’s Day blood donation campaign to be rolled out today,12th February, 2016.

The exercise, dubbed “Save-a-Life,” is aimed at collecting 1200 pints of blood at nine locations across Ghana. The blood will go towards restocking the National Blood Bank as well as blood banks in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Effia Nkwanta Hospital in Takoradi, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Bolga Regional Hospital and Cape Coast Regional Hospital.

Theblood donation drive is targeted at MTN employees as well as the general public and will take place at nine collection centres in six regions, as follows:

Region Location

Greater Accra MTN House, Independence Avenue, Accra

Central Aggrey Memorial SHS, Cape Coast

Western Fiaseman SHS-Bankyem, Tarkwa

MTN Market Circle Office Branch, Takoradi

Sekondi College,Sekondi

Ashanti Adum near Poku Trading Enterprise, Kumasi

St Joseph SHS, Mampong Asante

Northern Region Forecourt of Regional Library, Tamale

Upper East Ramsey Sports Stadium (formally Saint John’s Park), Bolga

Commenting on the upcoming event, MTN Ghana Foundation Executive Director Mrs. Cynthia Lumor said,“helping others by giving part of ourselves is an honour, and the MTN Ghana Foundation is pleased to lead a campaign that enables people to positively impact the lives of others. We see what we do at MTN as enabling endless opportunities, and as we prepare to show love to family and friends on Valentine’s Day, what better way is there to enable endless opportunities than to give the gift of life to those in need?”

MTN Ghana Foundation’s annual Valentine’s Day Save-a-Life blood donation campaign has been consistently recognized for its positive impact. MTN received awards for being the highest corporate blood donor in 2013, second highest corporate donor in 2014 and one of the highest corporate donors in 2015.

The MTN Ghana Foundation was established in November 2007 to serve as the vehicle to administer MTN’s Corporate Social Investments.MTN Ghana Foundation has three areas of focus, including Health, Education and Economic Empowerment. As of December 2015, the Foundation had undertaken 102 major projects across the country since inception.. Notable health projects include: construction of a Neonatal Care Center for Tamale Teaching Hospital,refurbishment of the 2nd floor maternity block of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, construction of a maternity block for Ejisu Government Hospital, and construction of an Emergency Center for Atua Government Hospital. Education projects undertaken include: construction of a boys dormitory for Akropong School for the Blind, construction of a six-unit classroom block for Kodjonya Millennium School, establishment of 10 MTN ICT Learning Centers in eachof Ghana’s 10 regions and the institution of an Innovation Hub at KNUST to promote Telecoms Engineering and Research.

Key projects undertaken in Economic Empowerment include: the construction of shea butter processing centers, provision of seed capital and skill training for Womenof Tizaa Dini Association of Yendi and the Sung Suma Women Association of Wa.

A CROSS SECTION OF STAKEHOLDERS DONATE BLOOD ON VALENTINE'S DAY