Mangaluru: On 1st May 2020, the Red Drop Blood Donation, Mangalore, App was released on the auspicious occasion of the 20th Priestly Ordination of Yuvaspoorthi Rev. Fr Ronald Prakash Dsouza – Secretary, Mangalore Youth Commission – Diocese of Mangalore and ICYM Director, Mangalore Diocese.
Mr. Leon Loyd Saldanha – President, ICYM Central Council Mangalore Diocese gave a brief introduction about the app after which the app was released by Yuvaspoorthi Rev. Fr Ronald Prakash Dsouza – Secretary, Mangalore Youth Commission – Diocese of Mangalore and ICYM Director Mangalore Diocese along with Rev. Fr Ashwin Lohith Cardoza, ICYM Designate Director – Diocese of Mangalore.
The situation across the world in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is well known. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown in order to fight the COVID-19. During this pandemic, hospitals are running out of blood units and it has become very difficult for the donors to travel to the hospitals to donate blood. Being aware of this situation the youth of ICYM Central Council, Mangalore Diocese has developed an App that would be beneficial to the hospitals, donors, and recipients. The app is designed in order to meet the requirements of the recipients immediately through the list of good minded donors registered on the app.
The ICYM Central Council, Mangalore Diocese has been selflessly working and serving the people of Mangalore since 2016 under the banner of the Red Drop Campaign in 5 major hospitals of Mangalore.
Rev. Fr Ashwin Lohith Cardoza explained the importance and the need for blood units and requested the likeminded donors to register themselves in the app. Yuvaspoorthi Rev. Fr Ronald Prakash Dsouza thanked the ICYM members and the Red Drop Committee members who have worked selflessly day and night behind the formation of this app and also thanked the developer Mr. Jackson Eric Dcosta, Codeslicetechnology. He further requested to download the app from the Google play store and register and become a part of this noble work. Ms. Veena Vas, ICYM General Secretary was present on the occasion.
The Red Drop Mangalore App is designed to save lives through the App. The process of donating blood and platelets is very much simplified promoting more donors to donate. The Red Drop app aims to create the largest database of blood donors from Mangalore. Donors can schedule and regulate their donations through this app. Users can also Send, Request, and Search for blood donors as per their needs.
Red Drop Mangalore App will continue to serve the society through new initiatives and ideas until the purpose of this campaign is met.
