Global Network for Blood donation, a Rotarian Action Group, will participate with an exhibition booth and host a breakout session (a symposium) at the Rotary International Convention in Birmingham, England, June 21-24, 2009. Our annual meeting as an organization will be held in connection with a special strategy meeting. If you need a visa to enter the UK, go to the bottom of the text for more information. (Updated June 18, 2009)
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This will be the third time, GNBD is present with an exhibition booth in the House of Friendship at a Rotary International Convention and the second time we host a breakout session on non-remunerated blood donation.
The 2009 House of Friendship will be located in Hall Five of the National Exhibition Centre (NEC). Our assigned booth number is 389. A GNBD convention folder can be downleaded by clicking here or from DOWNLOADS.
Our booth header will read: 389 Global Network for Blood Donation, A Rotarian Action Group. Booth Manager: Joe Ridley, GNBD Director. E-mail: jridley@carterbloodcare.org
Clubs and districts with blood donor projects of their own are welcome to make pamphlets, leaflets, brochures, calling cards etc. available to be picked up at the booth counter by interested visitors.
The daily opening hours in the House of Friendship are:
Saturday, 20 June, 1000-1800
Sunday, 21 June, 0900-1700
Monday, 22 June, 0900-1800
Tuesday, 23 June, 0900-1800
Wednesday, 24 June, 0900-1600.
On Tuesday, June 23 our symposium on voluntary blood donation will take place at 17:30-19:00 in the National Exhibition Centre Gallery Hospitality Suites 17-18.
Program:
17:30 Opening remarks, welcome and introduction: Haagen P. Cumlet, President and Co-Founder of GNBD.
17:35 Keynote speaker: Niels Mikkelsen, President of the International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations (IFBDO/FIODS). Website: www.fiods.org
17:50 Project 1: Dr. P. Srinivasan, ("Srini"), Co-Founder, Chairman and Managing Trustee of the Jeevan Blood Bank and Research Centre in Chennai, India.
18:00 Project 2: Nina Kolenc, GNBD Director, Founder and Project Manager, Magna est vis humanitatis. Rotaract and blood donation.
18:10 Project 3: William B. Bailey ("Bill") Safe Blood Inc. Committee. Latin America and the Caribbean countries.
18:20 Keynote speaker: Dr. Gamal S. Gabra. Experiences in the developing world with donor motivation, mobilization and retention.
18:35 Discussion, GNBD strategy/policy: GNBD DirectorP T Prabhakar ("P.T.P.").
18:50 In appreciation of a partnership: PDG Olafur Helgi Kjartansson.
19:00 Closing remarks: Haagen P. Cumlet, President of GNBD.
On Monday, June 22 a strategy planning meeting of GNBD will take place 18:00-19:00 National Exhibition Centre Gallery Suites 17-18. Hosted by the GNBD Strategic Planning Committee. Chair: Cees Th. Smit Sibinga, Prof. MD. GNBD Director. E-mail: c.sibinga@planet.nl . Special advisor: Dr. Gamal S. Gabra. The strategy/policy meeting will be part of our official annual meeting as an organization.
Click here to see the complete schedule for meetings of Action Groups and Fellowships or go to DOWNLOADS. Click here for floorplan or go to DOWNLOADS.
GNBD has twice participated with an exhibition booth at a RI Convention, in Salt Lake City in 2007 and in Los Angeles in 2008. In Los Angeles we hosted our first breakout session on voluntary blood donation.
THE PURPOSE OF GNBD IS:
- to develop an international network of Rotarians and Rotaractors, their clubs and districts, families and friends, around the world, who are involved in blood donor projects;
- to inspire other clubs and districts to join this lifesaving endeavour; and
- to be a forum where all parties involved may share their experiences.
GNBD was founded in late 2006 and was recogniced by Rotary International in February 2007 as a Rotarian Action Group. Since then, our membership has reached 700 in about 70 countries.
GNBD is registered with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) as a Civil Society Organization (CSO).
GNBD has been added to the official website (under Links&Contacts Other Partners) of World Blood Donor Day - by name, logo and link.
World Blood Donor Day, June 14, is organized by three major organizations working for voluntary non-remunerated blood donation: the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations and the International Society of Blood Transfusion. These organizations have been joined by the World Health Organization, WHO, which is co-sponsoring the event. Between them, they represent 192 Member States, 181 national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 50 national voluntary blood donor organizations and blood transfusion specialists throughout the world.
Global Network for Blood Donation, a Rotarian Action Group supports the World Blood Donor Day and we urge our members, their clubs and districts to participate in this yearly event. Click here for the 2009 WBDD announcement.
To join Global Network for Blood Donation, send the following information to info@ourblooddrive.org
First name, Badge name (nickname)
Last name
Rotary Club / Rotaract Club, District
E-mail, telephone
Full Address in home country
Non-Rotarians and non-Rotaractors are welcome to join as affiliated members.
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To help stimulate donors for the worldwide blood drive, the Global Network for Blood Donation (GNBD) is building a global collection of testimonials that can be used in newsletters, posters, etc. by anyone needing such materials. If you or a loved one has a special story related to having been a recipient of blood or donor of blood, your story is important to us. Sharing your story will encourage others to donate the gift of blood. Click here to download form.
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