The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), Junior Chamber International (JCI) Manila, and GMA Kapuso Foundation renewed their tripartite agreement on World Blood Donor Day for an adequate blood supply in the country.
The Memorandum of Agreement outlines the roles of the three organizations in reaching their common goal of ensuring an adequate and sustainable supply of safe and quality blood and blood products for the most vulnerable.
The three advocates of voluntary blood donation started their collaboration in 2018.
Highlighting the importance of donating blood as an act of service to a fellow human, or a fellow Filipino, PRC Chairman and CEO Dick Gordon said: “We try to inculcate in the Filipino that he is not there to be served. He is there to serve others.”
JCI Manila President Eric Ke, GMA Kapuso Foundation Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Rikki Escudero-Catibog, PRC Chairman and Gordon, and PRC Secretary General Gwendolyn Pang also signed the agreement.
“The JCI will help the PRC organize mass blood donation drives; GMA Kapuso Foundation will promote the campaign, while the PRC will provide the human resources and logistics.”
According to Pang, under the agreement, the JCI will help the PRC organize mass blood donation drives; GMA Kapuso Foundation will promote the campaign, while the PRC will provide the human resources and logistics.
GMA Kapuso Foundation has been a longtime partner of the PRC in blood donation drives.
The JCI Manila has organized around 30 blood donation drives across the country in collaboration with PRC chapters nationwide, partner hospitals, and local government units.
