• Donating blood is a simple process that saves more than 15,000 lives each year.
• Blood is needed every three seconds.
• One out of three people need donated blood in their lifetime.
• One out of ten hospital patients needs a transfusion.
• Blood is always needed for the treatment of accident victims, cancer patients, hemophiliacs and surgery patients.
• There is no substitute for blood.

The center organises blood donation for thalassemia patients in co-operation with the Ministry of Health and Palestinian Society of the Friends of Thalassemia. Each thalassemia patient shows up in Rafidia Hospital and receives his/her blood units smoothly  without the harsh process of looking for volunteers who might not be available at that moment.

A few years ago, thalassemia patients struggled to find suitable blood units. Since then, center has organised the Blood Drive, meaning that securing units for those patients is fully covered by the center volunteers.

center is trying to reach every Palestinian child in every Palestinian city, aiming to spread the service around the country and to raise awareness about the need for regular blood donation. Hundreds of people were inspired to share their own stories about how blood donation has touched their lives.

"Healthy" means that you feel well and can perform normal activities. If you have a chronic condition, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, "healthy" also means that you are being treated and the condition is under control.

Other aspects of each potential donor's health history are discussed as part of the donation process before any blood is collected. Each donor receives a brief examination during which temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood count (hemoglobin or hematocrit) are measured.

To give blood for transfusion to another person, you must be:

• Healthy.
• At least seventeen years old.
• Weigh at least 65 kg.
• Don't have donated blood in the last 56 days.