Every 45 minutes someone is diagnosed with leukaemia in Germany. In coorperation with the Institute for Blood Transfusion of the University of Cologne, Cologne
The Rotaract Club of Cologne, Germany asked students at a cafeteria at the University of Cologne:
Would you like to save a life?
After two successful projects supporting a relief organization named ShelterBox
- Disaster Relief Worldwide, the Rotaract Club of
Every 45 minutes someone is diagnosed with leukaemia in
As a very positive result of our l ast action day in the fall of 2005, we are more than happy to announce that two donors were found- two lives were saved This has been a great success - however, one patient in four still waits in vain. This motivated us to run another action day.
Two weeks before the project day we plastered the university buildings with 350 posters and handed out about 3000 flyers to interested students. Then June 21 arrived and 20 Cologne Rotaractors started to talk to students en masse to convince them of the absolutenecessity to typify their stem cells. The great result: during the day, 260 students followed our campaign and became potential life savers.
Again, a big thank you to all students, the
Report by Maike van Haak, club president 2006-07, who managed the project.
Contact: President Nik Raupp, e-mail-address Nik.Raupp@gmx.de
Go to Photo Journals to see more pictures from the stem cell drive.