{"id":41964,"date":"2020-09-04T08:13:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T08:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kigali-residents-donate-blood\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T08:35:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T08:35:34","slug":"kigali-residents-donate-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kigali-residents-donate-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Kigali residents donate blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The event was organized by Access Bank Plc through its department that cares for women, Maternal Health Care in collaboration with the national blood transfusion center, Inzira Collect na Iby\u2019Iwacu.<\/p>\n<p>The event was themed \u2018Protect mother\u2019s life, donate blood, give life.\u2019 It was aimed at collecting blood that will be given to people who need it, especially women who give birth and face a problem of over bleeding.<\/p>\n<p>Natacha Sandrine Umuhoza, Representative of Access Bank Rwanda at the beginning of the event, said that in addition to their work as a bank they also have other activities that help the country.<\/p>\n<p>She added that as a bank they have chosen to launch a blood donation campaign because they believe that a person does not thrive without good health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have chosen to do this through our branch at Access Bank because we have thought that women are among the people who need blood mostly, especially when they give birth they often have various problems that require blood, and for a person to thrive she also has to have a healthy life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The blood donation process will last for three days and will end on September 4, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of the National Blood Transfusion Center, Dr. Gatare Swaibu, thanked Access Bank\u2019s involvement in the long-running blood donation drive due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event seemed to have stalled since COVID-19 arrived in Rwanda, we realized it is necessary, we collaborated with Access Bank Rwanda branch which cares for women to make this event possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fiona Cecile Umulisa, the director of Ibyiwacu, says Rwandans should have a better blood donation culture.<\/p>\n<p>Akingabire Marie Claire, one of the participants in the blood donation event, said that she donates happily because she has seen so many people lose their lives because of the lack of blood which makes her sad.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36663 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/indege_yifashishwa_mugikorwa_cyo_kugeza_amaraso_kwa_muganga_igirubuntu_darcy_-98f0d.jpg\" alt=\"Zipline helps in transporting blood  to doctors in different parts of the country\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36664 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umwe_mubitabiriye_igikorwa_cyo_gutanga_amaraso_akingabire_marie_claire_igirubuntu_darcy_-4c3af.jpg\" alt=\"One of the participants in the blood donation event, Akingabire Marie Claire, donated blood\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36665 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/amaraso_yatanzwe_igirubuntu_darcy_-_copy-7629f.jpg\" alt=\"Blood will be donated to help people in need, especially women who give birth and over bleed \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36666 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/uhagarariye_ibyiwacu_fiona_cecile_umulisa_darcy_igirubuntu_-9f0e8.jpg\" alt=\"Fiona Cecile said Rwandans should have a  culture of denoting blood \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36667 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/uhagarariye_umuyobozi_wa_access_rwanda_natacha_sandrine_umuhoza_igirubuntu_darcy-092e5.jpg\" alt=\"Natacha Sandrine Umuhoza said that in addition to their work as a bank they also have other activities that help the country.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36668 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_w_ikigo_gishinzwe_gutanga_amaraso_muri_rbc_dr.swaibu_gatare._igirubuntu_darcy-299ce.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Gatare Swaibu thanked Access Bank&#039;s partnership in the blood donation drive\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36669 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ikirango_cya_bimwe_mu_bikorwa_bya_access_bank_-d2ae6.jpg\" alt=\"Access Bank provides a variety of financial services\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36670 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/access_bank_rwanda_igirubuntu_darcy_-8a0f0.jpg\" alt=\"Access Bank Rwanda is one of the commercial banks operating in Rwandan \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long period of suspending blood donation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on September 2, 2020, some residents of the City of Kigali converged at the \u2018Car Free Zone\u2019 and donated blood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[204],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-41964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-elina-jonas-ruzindaza"],"bylines":[{"id":204,"name":"Elina Jonas Ruzindaza","slug":"elina-jonas-ruzindaza","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":103}],"contributors":[{"id":204,"name":"Elina Jonas 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