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Champions of blood donation: 3 sisters set up Instagram page to garner donors

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(profiles for World Blood Donor Day)
(L-R):Profile of Nithiya ravindran 18, Raffles Institution; Nila ravindran 22, NUS undergrad; and Nithila ravindran 19, SMU undergrad; at their Yio Chu Kang home on June 7, 2023.

(From left) Sisters Nithiya, Nila and Nithila Ravindran have been organising blood donation drives since 2020, when blood supplies in Singapore were critically low due to Covid-19.

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SINGAPORE – World Blood Donor Day is celebrated annually on June 14 to raise awareness of the importance of blood donation and encourage more people to become regular donors. 

The event was initiated in 2004 by four international organisations – the World Health Organisation, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Society of Blood Transfusion, and the International Federation of Blood Donor Organisations.

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