Bukola Bolarinwa 

Saving lives by enabling safe blood drives

Due to social distancing measures, blood drives in public spaces have been put on hold. However, the need for blood remains constant, which is why Haima Health Initiative came up with “social distancing blood drives” to provide a safe space for blood donors to donate to meet the growing need of blood banks in Nigeria.

Bukola Bolarinwa

Entrepreneur Name: Bukola Bolarinwa, Young Changemaker 

Organization: Haima Health Initiative 

Country: Nigeria 

Website: haimahealth.org.ng 

Field of action:Frontline Health Response

Needs support to achieve greater impact in: Fundraising and Business Development, Advocacy 

The mission of the social enterprise before and after Coronavirus

Haima Health Initiative (HHI) aims to plug the blood supply gap for patients in Nigeria amongst blood donors, hospitals and patients in need of blood. 

HHI is no longer able to carry out blood drives at University campuses, religious organisations and public events due to social distancing measures to reduce COVID-19. 

Haima Health Initiative (HHI) created social distancing blood drives, hoping to create a safe place for donors to safely give blood during the pandemic, thereby reducing the risk of contamination for all parties involved. 

HHI will be providing transportation to donors from their homes and workplaces to blood banks in their local government for the rest of the year. 

HHI is currently using the social distancing blood drives to supply 100 pints of blood to the National and Lagos state blood transfusion services every month. This is providing a lifesaving treatment for a range of patients including new mothers, new-borns, patients with cancer, sickle cell disease, road traffic and accident victims.  

HHI is looking to raise the donations to 300 pints of blood by the end of the year.  

They also hope to start supplying blood to plasma donors once the experimental research and trials to cure COVID-19 using plasma from blood begins. 

Create the post-COVID world. 

Help Bukola and her team develop their solution!

Haima Health Initiative‘s concrete needs facing Covid-19:

  • Business Planning: to build a sustainable social-business model and budget for their organization and future programs.
  • Advocacy: to improve blood donor culture in Nigeria and improving collaboration with other youth health networks
  • Personal coaching: to build a strong team and put in place ideation and design thinking.
  • Funding and Financing: to cover the increased costs of logistics for donors and volunteers to continue the social distancing blood drives.

 

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