After 14 years of conveying that nobody ought to stress and even die from a blood scarcity in Lebanon, the blood donation charity Donner Sang Compter (DSC) is closing its doorways.
In a press release printed on Fb and signed by its president and founder, Yorgui Teyrouz, DSC introduced the closure of its workplaces in Beirut. The charity, lively for greater than 14 years all through Lebanon, closed its workplaces in Saida and Tripoli a 12 months and a half in the past.
Of their farewell message, Yorgui Teyrouz, mirrored on the group’s 14-year journey, celebrating their achievements of over 60,000 blood donations for 142 hospitals, organizing 1,312 cellular blood drives, and conducting over 5,000 academic occasions.
Regardless of monetary independence and native help, the socio-economic disaster in Lebanon pressured DSC to shut its workplaces.
Teyrouz expressed gratitude to donors, volunteers, and companions, and raised important questions concerning the blood financial institution’s practices and tasks in Lebanon, highlighting points resembling inventory upkeep, donor expertise, and the enforcement of standardized standards.
He additionally questioned who’s chargeable for guaranteeing blood security within the nation, urging the neighborhood to proceed embodying DSC’s values of integrity, love, religion, humility, and knowledge to attain reconciliation, justice, equal rights, and peace in Lebanon.
Donner Sang Compter is an unbiased, non-profit, and non-governmental group registered on Could 31, 2010.
All through its historical past, DSC registered 55,813 donors, offered 104,415 blood items, carried out 1,306 blood drives, and educated over 4,000 volunteers.
The group’s mission was to enhance Lebanon’s nameless and voluntary blood donation system, making a motion to alleviate stress on households looking for blood for his or her family members.
The information of DSC’s closure has saddened many, with expressions of gratitude and appreciation flooding social media.
