About the society
A charity built to make donation ordinary.
Indian Blood Bank Society is registered as per The TCLSCS Registration Act XII of 1955 under the Government of Kerala, and aims at promoting the awareness of blood donation among the public.
Origins
It began with a group of young social workers, in 2004.
Indian Blood Bank Society is a charity organisation formed with the active initiation and guidance of Lt. Col. (Hon.) Dr. Mohanlal, under “act for humanity”.
“Act for humanity” is a non-profit organisation founded by Mr. Esahaque Eswaramangalam and a group of young social workers during 2004, with Lt. Col. (Hon.) Dr. Mohanlal as its lifetime goodwill ambassador, aimed at fighting against terrorism and fanatic activities.
Out of that work came a narrower and more practical question: when a patient in Kerala needs blood tonight, how does anyone find a donor in time? The Indian Blood Bank Society was the answer to it, and IndianBloodBank.com — the society’s official blood bank portal — was its first initiative.
The society intends to have an active presence all over India.
Milestones
2004
Act for Humanity is founded by Mr. Esahaque Eswaramangalam and a group of young social workers, with Lt. Col. (Hon.) Dr. Mohanlal as lifetime goodwill ambassador.
2012
The Kerala chapter of the IBBS and its donor portal, IndianBloodBank.com, are formally launched by the Minister for Revenue, Adoor Prakash, in Kochi.
2012
The portal carries a database of roughly 10,000 registered donors at launch, as reported by The Hindu.
Dates and figures above are as reported at the time. See the coverage.
How we work
No line worth drawing
The society is committed to attracting the public to donate blood without linguistic, religious or political difference. A patient's need does not ask which community a donor comes from, and neither do we.
Awareness before appeal
Most people who never donate are not unwilling — they are unsure. The society's first work is public education that replaces the myths around donation with plain facts.
Reachable, not just registered
A donor list is only useful if someone can actually get through. The registry is built so a patient can find a donor nearby and contact them directly, in the hours that matter.