Club 25 is a youthful concept, promoting the value of saving lives
by giving blood. Through Club 25 young people are encouraged to
attend a blood centre, learn about healthy lifestyles and to give
blood regularly, aiming for about 20 blood donations by age of 25
years. They also share what they have learned with their communities
through health promotion activities to prevent HIV/AIDS, substance
abuse and other health risk behaviours; in addition there are opportunities
to be active in promoting first aid, good nutrition, physical exercise
and road safety. Do you want to learn more? Read on!
In march 2006, 223 people
from 66 different countries and 46 National Societies of Red Cross
and Red Crescent attended the 10th International Colloquium on the
recruitment of voluntary, non-renumerated blood donors in Santiago
(Chile).
Participants discussed ways of building quality into donor recruitment
strategies. They presented communication and education tools used
to scale up the impact of voluntary, non-renumerated blood donation
around the world, particularly focused in Latin America.
Two workshops were hosted to explore possibilities for the creation
of so-called Club 25 Programmes, and the establishment of international
networks between young people involved in various Club 25 Programmes
around the world.
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