Blood needs, The Municipality of Tirana continues the blood donation initiative

Blood needs, The Municipality of Tirana continues the blood donation initiative

The Municipality of Tirana is continuing the blood donation campaign in August, under the expectation that private business will take the reins in September.

This time, the employees of the Workers City Directory No.3 donated blood to the sick with thalassemia and for other people in need.

Tirana's Mayor, Erion Veliaj, said that any citizen joining this initiative is giving life to someone else who is in a difficult situation.

"As it started with the trees, first the municipality then enterprises, then associations, families, kindergartens, schools. I believe we will follow the same strategy.

"So while people are on vacation, the municipality has taken the first stage of the relay and we expect to hand on the baton in order to achieve 20 thousand donations in Tirana by the end of the year.

"We have seen at least 1/3 of the municipality's institutions participate and I believe that by the end of the summer, all our institutions will have made their blood donations. Then, in September, businesses can begin their contributions.

"There are, today, businesses that have more staff than a municipal director," said Erion Veliaj.

Earlier, the campaign for blood donation was also joined by the employees of the Municipal Police and the Agency of Parks and Recreation.

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