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Eye Donation - A Noble Gesture.

"The eye is the window to the world, at

the same time; it is the window of the

soul."-Shakespeare

All of us perhaps have played blindfoldgames - Kana Machi Bho Bho (body guess),

Hari bhanga (breaking an earthen

pot blindfold) etc., in our childhood

days. We enjoyed; we laughed.

Removal of the cover over the eyes

gave us relief.

Can we adjust to being without

electricity and light? The answer is

NO. We abate, fumble in the

darkness and our lives go higgledy-

piggledy. We are fortunate to be

blessed with eyesight, for there aremillions out there craving to see the

multitudinous colours of this

beautiful world. Black is their only

colour . You can cut the strip of

blackness by a simple gesture by

donating your eyes. What can be

better than brightening someone's

life as we leave the world? Our eyes

will live after our death to see this

beautiful world for a longer period.

2 million people in our country can't see

because of 'corneal 'blindness. Around50,000 people go blind every year due to

corneal diseases, adding themselves to the

enormous backlog of patients awaiting

corneal transplants. But only 36,000 eyes

were collected last year, though the death

toll in the country was around 1 crore.

23rd National Eye Donation fortnight will

be observed through out the country from

25th August -8th September. This year's

theme is 'Prevent blindness in children due

to deficiency of vitamin A'. The motive to

observe the fortnight is too aware the massto donate eyes for the visually impaired.

Let's join hands for a noble cause to bring

light.

Who can Donate Eyes?

Almost every one can donate eyes without

any age limit. People using spectacles,affected with diabetes and hypertension or

people with systemic disorders like asthma,

tuberculosis, or even those who have

undergone cataract surgery can donate

eyes. The only criterion is a healthy andclear cornea. It is always best to fill out an

eye-pledge form and inform family

members of your desire.

Can the next kin consent to a donation if

the deceased person has not signed an eye

donation form?

Yes,the relatives of the deceased can decide

on the eye donation of their beloved one.

Who cannot donate their eyes?

Death due to infections caused viz. rabies,

syphilis, infectious hepatitis, septicemia,and AIDS, cannot be a donor.

MAY AUGUST 2009 Number 2

What is cornea?

The cornea is the clear, transparent dome

in front of the "black portion" of the eye. It

is also the main focusing surface, which

converges light rays as they enter the eye

to focus on the retina. It is thus the most

important part of the optical apparatus of

the Eye. Loss of transparency

directly results in loss of vision.

How does a cornea become

opaque?

The cornea becomes opaque due to

following reasons

Infection

Injuries

Iatrogenic (Malpractice,

improper Post-operative careafter any eye surgery)

Malnutrition

Congenital/Hereditary.

What is corneal transplantation?

A Corneal transplant is an operation

that replaces the opaque cornea

with a clear cornea obtained from a

human donor.

Are there any religious conflicts in eye

donation?

There are no religious conflicts on eyedonation. Eye donation gives a gift of life

or sight to others. As such, it is consistent

with beliefs and attitudes of all major

religious and ethical traditions.

Is the whole eye of the donor

transplanted?

No, only the cornea is transplanted.

However, the rest of the eye is used for

research and education purposes.

Can a person who is blind due to retinal

or optic nerve disease donate his eyes?

Yes, provided the donated cornea is clear.

Mr. Subir Bose, senior most member of LUCY inauguratingLUCY VISION by pledging to donate his eyes posthumously.

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FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR

There is an old Buddhist saying, "the stages of the noble path are right view, right

thought, right speech, right behaviour, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness

and right concentration." Time has changed-changed drastically-yet these words carry

the same weight, the same relevance. In today's era when all these pre-spoken notions

are being terminated by 'satanic' disorders and mindlessness has become the generalorientation of mankind, there is indeed a pressing need for such a guideline. In the

pretext of better living we have entered in open confrontations with our fellow men

whom we once considered brothers. The entire race is under a spell of sheer lunacy,

falling prey to evil consumerist designs of imperialism. Overall, humanism is at stake.

However, despite such crises, "all is not lost." Numbness cannot be the principal aspect

of human society. Decadence, in spite of its present dominance, is not the mien of life.

We at LUCY are of the view that life, even after its vulgarisation, will one day absolve

itself. The Pete Seeger song, "We shall overcome..." is our 'mantra'; and CARE is our

motto. We are of course soberly aware that we will come upon all kinds of obstacles

on the path of truth. But at the same time we are not scared of the consequences that

we might face while implementing our dreams and taking correct approach towards

difficulties.Since the inaugural issue of 'Lucius', we have strove forward with more courage and

determination. Keeping in mind the real significance of the last 'World Blood Donor

Day', we have fought hard to ensure the resurrection of compassion and harmony

among different classes of people and nationalities. Like the past years, we have worked

with all our might to build an even system of procurement and transfusion of safe

blood. The members of LUCY have made tremendous efforts to incorporate budding

graduates-"the suns of eight and nine"-in awareness and donation programmes. We

proudly proclaim that we have achieved great success in doing so. The young generation

has contributed greatly in spreading consciousness among the masses through their

active support. We have also triumphed in establishing an educational programme on

social service for B.ed students-one of our dream projects.. In the course of effecting

this historical phenomenon, LUCY has withstood tests and remoulded itself. Our victoryhas not been easy. We have suffered terrible wounds-a bunch of 'unsolvable'

complications. Anyway, by the grace of people and our dedicated members, we have

made a clean sweep of all problems.

Friends, LUCY needs your active support. We need you by our side to create a better

world-a harmonious society. We pronounce this vow that in the near future we will

rally still more closely under the great banner of humanity and integrate with common

people and march dauntlessly towards our goal. No evil force can deter us. Our victory

is certain.

Thank You for sending us"LUCIUS". Asmorning shows the day-the first issue of

your official organ shows that it will be a

very helpful, informative and educative

journal for us. We are looking forward for

the next issues.

Samar Debnath

Secretary

Science Foundation

Barasat.

I received your official organ 'LUCIUS'Number 1. I find it interesting and I haveappreciation, lot of planning took place

behind the publication.

I also find, we have some similarity. During

my student days in post fifties I was in the

debating field, you are also. But I don't

know your period. Now, I am almost

touching eighty. From your articles I find,

you are promoting voluntary blood

donation. I have donated blood regularly.

Asok Ghosh

SecretarySEVA.

Letters to the EDITOR

Why :

Voluntary

Blood

Donation

Voluntary blood

donors are thecornerstone of

a safe and adequate supply of blood and

blood products. The safest blood donors

are voluntary, non-remunerated blood

donors from low-risk populations.

Despite this notion, family/replacement

donors still provide more than 45% of the

blood collected in India. Such donors are

supposed to be associated with a

significantly higher prevalence of

transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs)

including HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C,

syphilis and malaria.

For a safe blood service in our country,

where comprehensive laboratory tests are

neither possible nor pragmatic, it is best to

switch over to 100% voluntary donations,

as it is now established that only voluntary

non-remunerated regular donation is the

safest. Thus, one of our key strategies to

enhance blood safety is to focus on

motivating non-remunerated blood donors

and phasing out even replacement donors.

The key to recruiting and retaining safe

blood donors is good epidemiological data

on the prevalence (and incidence, where

possible) of infectious markers in the

general population to identify low-risk

donor populations coupled with an

effective donor education, motivation and

recruitment strategy to recruit new

voluntary nonremunerated blood donors

from these populations. A pleasant

environment in the blood bank, good donorcare, polite and effective communication

between staff and donors are all important

factors for the retention of blood donors.

A guideline designed to assist those

responsible for blood donor recruitment

and implement a programme to improve

communication with blood donors has

been developed. These guidelines provide

approaches for organizing, collecting

information and developing plans; as well

as providing ideas that individual centres

might consider for recruiting, educating andretaining safe donors.

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The word motivation has Latin origin.

Motivation comes from the word motive

which is derived from the Latin verb

"movere" means to move. So a motive,

quite simple, is something that moves oneto action.

Characteristically the word motive or

motivation suggests that something within

one is at work impelling or

driving the person. It may be

a need, desire or emotion.

Any single action can be

driven forward by move than

one motive. In other words

motives are often mixed.

Motivation is the internal

condition that activatesbehavior and gives it

direction; energizes and

directs goal-oriented

behavior. It is the impetus

that drives people to behave

in various ways and seek to

fulfill a variety of needs.

Abraham Maslow,renowned

social scientist has earned

universal fame for his studies

on human motivation. Here

comes the extract of histheories of motivation:

(a) Motivation is the force

that drives people to satisfy

needs. (b) Needs that people

seek to satisfy are

universal.(c)The motivational

force has a direction towards

specific goal. (d) The intensity

of motivation depends on

desire.(e)The motivational

force may by short or long

lasting. (f) With satisfaction ofneed, motivation terminates

and may by transferred to a

new goal. (g) Motivation is a

result of individual's perception of personal

value system.

Prof. Frederick Herzberg an American

professor of Psychology in his research

works in a book 'The Motivation to work'

identified six components of job

satisfaction which motivates human beings:

1) Achievement (2) Recognition 3) Work

itself (4) Responsibility (5) Advancementand (6) Growth.

Prof. Victor Vroom defines motivation as a

process governing choices among

alternative forms of voluntary activities, a

process controlled by the individual. The

individual makes choices based on

estimates of how well the expected results

of a given behavior are going to match upwith or eventually lead to the desired

results. Motivation is a product of the

individual's expectancy that a certain effort

will lead to the intended performance, the

instrumentality of this performance to

achieving a certain result, and the

desirability of this result for the individual,

known as valence.

Valence X Expectancy = Motivation

From these above premises, Blood Donor

Motivation can be defined as a force orprogression which enhances desirability of

IEC material - Education IEC material - Motivation

IEC material - Donation Recognition

non-donor to donate blood on there own

craving without any compulsion.

Blood Donor Motivation mean - encourage,

inspire and stimulate people to donate

blood. Provide reasons and logic to donate

blood.Develop lust to solve a social

problem.Instill pride for blood donation.In the field of blood donor motivation, the

motivator should decide the 'Wh' of

motivation, ei.,WHO - WHAT - WHY - WHEN

- WHERE of MOTIVATION, but

at the same time keeping

things simple.

It has to be accepted that

50% of such motivation

comes from within and 50%

from the environment. Blood

donor motivation essentially

aims at attitude. Incentivemotivation would not ensure

good quality of blood.

Laws of motivation can be

concluded as:

Only motivated can motivate.

Motivation requires goal,

recognition, challenge,

participation and group

belonging.

Motivation ones achieved

may not last forever.

Motivation is an ongoingprocess.

Progressing motivates.

Everybody can be motivated.

Motivation to donate blood

involves several distinct steps

or course of action. Firstly it

requires awareness for need

of blood. Thus requires

education. Awareness about

the need is an external part

of donor motivation. But

awareness alone is notsufficient to cause people to

actually donate. Motivation

requires interest in the idea

of donating blood voluntarily to save a life.

So far education is a conscious matter, we

heritage the schooling based on the

principle of -

E ..................................... Education

M .................................... Motivation

D ..................................... Donation

R ..................................... Recognition.

MOTIVATION - A SCIENTIFIC ART

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Certificate course on Social Service

Through 'Community Outreach'

4 out of 1000 donate blood. If the number

can be raised to 8 donors the crisis for blood

can be curbed. Survey reports reflect lack

of will & motivation as the root cause of

the problem.The scenario is just the same in case of

thalassaemia detection. Neglect on the part

of parents leads to endless suffering and

immense pain of the little innocent.

Black is the only colour for many in our

country. Their world can be filled with

myriad colours with a small friendly gesture

from our part.

HIV/AIDS is the greatest threat to mankind

today. Awareness & prevention is the only

way to get rid of this menace.

For the last few years our organization LetUs Care for You (LUCY) is organizing

motivational sessions in the above

mentioned fields which includes School

& College education programmes. We

intended to extend our motivation

programme among school teachers.

'Community Outreach' in sessional

activities is an important part of the B.ed

curriculum. Our society will be more

benefited if the motivation & awareness

campaign for the above mentioned fields

can be integrated in the 'Community

Outreach' section of the curriculum. Thus,

from this very thought we are launching

"Certificate course" for the students

undergoing B.ed curriculum.

Course content (short outline) :

a) Blood Science & Blood Donor Motivation

b) Intervention of HIV/AIDS

c) Intervention & detection of Thalassaemia

d) Awareness programme for Eye & Body

Donation

Course Objective :

i) Motivate and create volunteers among

school teachers.ii) Guide interested school teachers

intending to work in the fields of

blood donor motivation, intervention of

HIV/AIDS , Intervention & detection of

Thalassaemia and awareness of Body & Eye

donation.

iii) Assimilate the concept of voluntary

works in the field of welfare activities.

iv) Develop interested school teachers as

social workers; master motivators.

v) Equip them with scientific

communication technique and the art ofMan- management based on motivation.

Learning Method : Lecture , Board work,

slide presentation followed by group

discussion.

Teaching Aids : Chalk, Duster, Chalk board,

flip chart, leaflet, folder, booklet, blood bag,

poster, model & projector.

Duration of Lecture :

a) Blood Science & Blood

Donor Motivation 120 minutes

b) Thalassaemia Intervention 30 minutes

c) HIV-AIDS Intervention 120 minutes

d) Eye & Body donation 30 minutes.

Medium of Instruction : Bengali

Eligibility : Students undergoing B.ed

course.

Course Content (Broad outline) :

Blood Science & Blood Donor

MotivationTHEORY

Basic Concept - Significance & importance

of the topic; History of blood transfusion

science &voluntary blood donation

movement in India; national and world

scenario; Estimated blood need & supply;

Who needs blood & when; Role of school

teacher, social worker & blood donor

motivator.

Blood Science : Components & function of

Blood and its components; Blood volume;

Blood group & inheritance of blood group;

Blood preservation, blood products; Blood

communicable disease & safe blood

transfusion; Donor selection; Reasons for

not donating blood.

Blood Bank : Blood procurement rules &

procedure; Evils of commercialization;

Quality assurance& quality management in

blood banks; National Blood Policy;

supreme court directives.

Blood Donor Motivation ,Communication

& recruitment: Motivation & education of

blood users & blood bankers; Campaigns;

Preparation & use of IEC materials,

Exhibi tions; Techniques of donormotivation & donor retention; School

education programme ; College education

programme ; Negative Club; Club 25.

Blood donation & donor : Donor, panel

donor, negative group donor, on-call donor,

emergency donor; Blood donation camps;

Care & counseling of donor; Recognition of

donors.

Practical :

i) Participation in blood donation camp

ii) Participation in school education programme.

iii) Blood bank visit & survey report .iv) Blood donation camp survey report.

HIV/AIDS Intervention

THEORY

Basic concept : Importance & significance

of the topic; History of HIV-AIDS ; How HIV

is transmitted ;Role of school teacher.

HIV/AIDS scenario : World scenario, Indian

scenario & West Bengal scenario.

Basic science : What is HIV; What is AIDS/

HIV Facts & Myths

Prevention & Prevention strategies : Who

is at risk; school & college education

programme ; Truckers & migrant labours

awareness programme ; women & youth

awareness programme.

Care, support & treatment : Anti-retroviral

therapy (ART); Prevention of parent to child

transmission (PPTCT) ; Post Exposure

Prophylaxis (PEP)

PRACTICAL :i) Participation in School education Programme

ii) Participation in awareness drive of

truckers & migrant labours.

iii) Survey report of awareness drive &

school education programme.

Thalassaemia Intervention &

DetectionTHEORY :

Basic concept : Importance & significance

of the topic; History of THALASSAEMIA;

Role of school teacher.

Thalassaemia scenario : World scenario,

Indian scenario & West Bengal scenario.

Basic science, Management & Prevention :

What is thalassaemia; Types of

Thalassaemia; What happens in

thalassaemia; Iron overload & its

complications : Splenomegaly ;

Management of Thalassaemia patients;

When & why should one test his/her

thalassaemia status ; Prevention of

Thalassaemia ; School educational

programme.

PRACTICAL : i) Participation in School

education Programme

ii) Thalassaemia Detection.

Eye & Body donation

THEORY :

Basic concept: Importance & significance

of the topic; History of Eye & Body

donation; Role of social worker.

Scenario: World scenario, Indian scenario

& West Bengal scenario.

PRACTICAL : i) Participation in School

education Programmeii) Pledge to donate Eye and Body.

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LUCY Awards : Recipients

1. AYAN BISWAS MEMORIAL AWARD G.C.M.College of Education,New Barrackpur

(Highest number of 1st Time Blood Donor in a camp)

2. PARIMALABHA DHAR MEMORIAL AWARD Nabankur,Northern Avenue.

(Highest number of Blood Donor in Social organization level camp.)

3. ANANTA BASU MEMORIAL AWARD Dynamic Digital Technologies,Saltlake.

(Highest number of Blood Donor in Office camp)

4. BISWANATH BISWAS MEMORIAL AWARD S.F.I. Prabhu Jagabandhu College Unit, Andul

(Highest number of Blood Donor in Political organization camp)

5. SOUMI MUKHERJEE MEMORIAL AWARD NUJS, Saltlake.

(Highest number of Blood Donor in a College camp)

6. ARPAN PRAMANIK MEMORIAL AWARD Sandhani Gosthi,New Barrackpur.(Highest number of Blood donor in a 1st time organized camp)

Course Duration : August - April

Day wise distribution :

Theory :

a) Blood & Thalassaemia awareness -

1 Day (120 minutes + 30 Minutes)

b) HIV/AIDS & Eye and Body donation

awareness -

1 Day (120 minutes + 30 minutes)

* Theory classes to be concluded by October.

Practical :

a) Blood bank Visit

b) Participation in School education Programme

c ) Participation in Thalassaemia detection;

Eye & Posthumous body donation.

d) Participation in Blood donation Camp

e) Survey Report of Blood bank visit and analysis

report of school education Programme.

WRITTEN EVALUATION :

Evaluation is based on assignments, written

examination (MCQ) , participation in school

educational & awareness programmes &

thalassaemia detection.

Distribution of marks

a) Thalassaemia detection 10 marks

b) Participation in school

education programme 20 marks

c) Participation in blood

donation camp 20 marks

d) Survey & analysis report 10 marks

e) Eye & posthumous body

donation 10 marks

f) Written examination 30 marks

Total 100 marks

UNAIDS felicitation to LUCY for excellent

commemoration of World AIDS Day 2008

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National news

World Blood Donors' Day 2009

celebrated

Let Us Care for You (LUCY), out of its social

commitment, resolved and organized

several programmes on 14th June 2009. To

ensure a wide impact for WBDD 2009, the

LUCY core committee undertook quite a

few campaign programmes to

commemorate WBDD 2009.

13th June 2009 :

(a) Institution based campaign in various

offices, schools and colleges on 100%

voluntary non-remunerated donation of

blood and blood components. Stickers,

posters and fliers were used as campaign

material.

(b) Campaign in Railway stations and Bus

stands spreading the significance of WBDD.

14th June 2009:

(a) Workshop

(b) Blood donation motivation awareness

campaign was conducted in front of 6

Medical college Hospitals in the City of Joy

from 3 P.M. - 8 P.M. Stickers, posters and

fliers were used as campaign material.

(c) Volunteers and Member of Let Us Care

for You bleed in Blood banks as a part of

the campaign. The trial run of the

component separation unit of Medical

College blood Bank was done with the

blood donated by LUCY volunteers.

(d) Fliers were distributed door to door in

certain areas of the city and suburbs along

with Daily Newspapers.

(e) Campaign in Railway stations and Bus

stands spreading the significance of WBDD.

Campaign in FM radio from 12th June -

14th June.

Campaign of WBDD 2009 through various

local cable operators.

"Thank You Blood Donor" letter for blood

donors associated with the organization.

1,149 rolled up sleeves in memory

16 football lovers died in a stampede during

a derby league game between East Bengal

and Mohun Bagan on 16th August in 1980

at Eden Gardens.In Memory of the Football

Fans, I.F.A.and AVBD, WB joined hands,

designated the day as Football Lovers' Day

arranging Blood donation camp in memory

of the deceased football lovers in 1981. This

year 1,149 football lovers donated blood

on the occasion. 685 bleed at the Town Halland 464 in the districts.

Boost blood donation through utility bills

We all know how important utility bills are

for us. To increase their utilities more, we

can make an effort to announce messages

around blood donation in such bills. This is

sure to attract a huge population in the

corporate sector and multi nationalcompanies across our nation. Examples can

be drawn from bills from Reliance Energy

(Mumbai) which are already carrying such

inspirational messages to donate blood.

These messages are carrying appeal to

donate blood regularly. With this new drive,

we can all hope that households across the

nations, which have members going to

corporate or may be still in the school/

college periphery, shall be inspired to take

this noble activity of donating blood.

International News:New law allows "Minors" to donate blood

in Colorado.

Nurse and lawmaker Sara Gagliardi (D-

Arvada) was interested in changing the age

of legal blood donation when she heard

that some teens in her district couldn't do

blood drives at their high schools. With

Senator Betty Boyd (D-Lakewood), she

worked with Bonfils and other advocates

to change the law. Now, 16-year-olds, with

parental permission, will be allowed to

donate blood from August 5th and a big

boost in the number of high school-basedblood drives is expected.

Whitney 636.

Devon Milkovich of Elyria chose to

celebrate her Sweet 16 with a needle in her

arm at LifeShare. Devon, who will start her

junior year at Elyria High School in the

coming weeks, has never donated blood

before, but after speaking with Al Whitney,

an Avon Lake native, she decided to go for

it.

"Mr. Whitney kind of inspired me," Devon

said. "He wants to donate blood platelets

in all 50 states and said it's really easy to

save lives. That's the main thing that made

me want to do it. Mr. Whitney told me you

are saving three people with your blood,

but it's really like helping 30 people if you

count their family and friends."

Whitney, who is a regular customer at Suzin

L. Chocolatier, where Devon works, was

featured in the 'Chronicle' in June issue for

his blood donation efforts. He started giving

blood in 1965 and soon after, began

organizing regular blood drives at Lake

Shore United Methodist. So far, Whitneyhas donated 636 platelet units in 29 states.

Up coming Events:6th September - LUCY DAY 2009Annual Day Programme - Seminar onBlood donation & Donor Motivation;

annual convocation to honour blood

donors and donor organisers.

Venue : B. T. College, New Barrackpur.Exhibition

10th-11th October - Venue : B. T. College,

New Barrackpur, 12-4 p.m. in association

with science organizationDiscovery.

Topic : a) Eye donation b) Blood donation

c) Thalassaemia d) HIV/AIDS

Festive campaign

24th-28th September & 16th-20th October-Campaign in Puja Pandals promoting Blood

donation, Eye donation, Intervention on

Thalassaemia & HIV/AIDS.

Project SMILE :

22nd August - Health & Dental Check-up.20th September - Puja Gift Distribution

24th October - Eye Check up.

1st November - Sit & Draw.

14th November- Children's Day Celebration.

22nd November - Educational Evaluation.

LUCY BLOOD :

20th September - Workshop on Preparationof IEC Material.

1st October - National Blood Donation Day.

Campaign in Medical Colleges & Nandan

premise - Fliers distribution, Outdoor Signature

campaign & candle light procession to promote

voluntary blood donation.11th October - Festive Camp.

Venue : Nababikash, Shyambazar.

8th November - Seminar. Topic : 'History of

Blood Transfusion'. Venue : Organization Office.

Red Ribbons:

9th August - Seminar Topic : Facts & Mythof HIV/AIDS. Venue : Organization's Office.

29th November - Workshop. Topic : HIV/

AIDS-intervention of Truckers.

Venue : Organization's Office.

International

14th-18th November - XX Regional

Congress of the ISBT Asia.National

25th-27th December - National Workshop

and Assembly of Voluntary Blood Donors

organizations & Motivators. Organized by

TYAGA Burla, Orissa.23rd-25th January 2010 - National Meet

with International Participants on Donor

Motivation and Recruitment. Organized by

AVBD, West Bengal.

State

9th-11th October -23rd State Conference of

Volunteers devoted to Blood Donor Movement.

Organized by: Khirpai Nabarun Social Welfare

Organization. Venue: Khirpai Town Hall.

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Published by Biswaroop Biswas, Secretary, Let Us Care for You (LUCY), 30/1/1, Nilmoni Mitra Street, Kolkata - 700006, WestBengal, India, Phone : 9433486773 and Printed by S.P. Trading, Kolkata - 700137 email : [email protected] www.lucy.in

From the pen of Camp Organizers

Dilip Sinha

Secretary

Sandhani Gosthi.

This was our maiden initiative in Sandhani Gosthi.

Unaware of the tit-bits we plunged in to organise a

blood drive as our social responsibility. Situation

worsened when a Forum denied sending a blood

collection team to our premise 15 days before the

scheduled date though they previously confirmed us

to do so 3 months back. There after we approached

LUCY. A positive nod from their side relieved us. LUCY

people took care of all the logistics, supported us with

motivational session and various IEC materials

transforming the event into a colourful one. The camp

was a huge success. We wish to join hands with LUCY

not only in case blood donation but also in other

welfare activities.

Biswajit Basak,

Abahani Club, Nandan Nagar, Belghoria.

I along with some members of our club thought of organizing a "Blood

Donation Camp" in our locality, as we never had such a programme in our

yearly calendar. We came in contact with "Let Us Care for You (LUCY)" and

planned to organize a camp on 3rd May as Parliament election was knocking

at the door catalyzing the summer crisis. The camp was arranged in the evening.

The morning was sunny but the afternoon was struck with thundershower.

We were determined to overcome all odds. The Blood Camp started at 6.30 in

the evening. The camp progressed, so also the rain and power cut joined us to

worsen the situation. LUCY members present there motivated all the donors.

The blood bank officials and LUCY members co-operated with us and made

the camp successful with huge turnout. Even though we had some problems

initially but there was a big satisfaction in our heart and mind that even without

caring the bad weather, we could take atleast one step to save someone's life.

Thank You LUCY and we assure you that we would again organize blood

donation drive with your support in future.

Goal & Objectives of

Voluntary Blood DonationGoalTo wipe off the scarcity of blood and ensureavailability of safe and quality blood andother blood components, round the clockand throughout the year. This will lead to

alleviation of human sufferings, even to thefar-flung remote areas in the country.Objective : Voluntary blood donation isperhaps one of the most perfect examplesof altruism in action. The objective ofcollecting blood through voluntary blooddonation are : Provide safe and quality blood and bloodcomponents collected from voluntarydonors, round the clock, at affordable costto the general public and free of cost to thepoor. Ensure safety and quality of blood. Motivate and maintain a permanent

well-indexed record of voluntary blooddonors. Educating the community on thebeneficial aspects of blood donation andharmful effect of collecting blood from paiddonors. Actively encourage voluntary blooddonation and gradually eliminateprofessional blood donors. Promote AIDS awareness and educationto the general public. Assists the various Organizations, Clubs,Colleges, Public & Private Institutions andthe Public to conduct voluntary blood

donation drives and arrange formotivational talks to enable progressivelyincrease the number of voluntary non-remunerated blood donors every year.

BLOOD COLLECTION IN INDIA 2008

Sl. Name of State/ UT Total Collection Voluntary % of Voluntaryno. Blood Collection Blood Collection

All India 5457611 3393695 62.21 A & N Islands 4780 1937 40.52 Andhra Pradesh 558000 484925 86,93 Arunachal Pradesh 2653 2332 87.94 Assam 85582 33756 39.45 Bihar 60772 15762 25.96 Chandigarh 56000 44443 79.47 Chhatisgarh 26861 9375 34.98 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 3327 1694 50.99 Daman & Diu 720 674 93.6

10 Delhi 255641 90413 35.411 Goa 7171 5598 78.112 Gujarat 483163 337057 69.813 Haryana 1 30022 46679 35.914 Himachal Pradesh 11044 8877 80.415 Jammu & Kashmir 36037 15408 42.816 Jharkhand 76456 22869 29.917 Karnataka 346458 202790 58.518 Kerala 243700 62581 25.719 Madhya Pradesh 133591 86659 64.920 Maharashtra 789718 649780 82.321 Manipur 15190 1518 10.022 Meghalaya 4504 799 17.723 Mizoram 15823 10156 64.224 Nagaland 4745 2779 58.625 Orissa 120259 80379 66.826 Pondicherry 15659 6689 42.727 Punjab 235485 63379 26.928 Raiasthan 266102 78350 29.429 Sikkim 1843 579 31.430 Tamil Nadu 410948 331075 80.631 Tripura 24607 21710 88.232 Uttar Pradesh 314572 55445 17.633 Uttaranchal 40857 16201 39.734 West Bengal 675321 601027 89.0

Source NACO

lucius journal september 2009

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