Kiva Lending Team: Team Red - Blood Donors

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Location:Global Blood Donors
Category:Common Interest
Team URL:http://www.kiva.org/team/team_red
We loan because:Bloodlink Foundation is OBI's first Global Blood Fund donor center. Bloodlink works with six blood transfusion centers in Kenya. DID YOU KNOW: In Kenya, an estimated six patients in medical institutions die from blood related transfusion complications every hour. ••• Kenya needs 200,000 blood products annually. Its centers currently provide just 130,000 products, a deficit of 70,000 products. ••• 60 percent of the blood collected comes from school children -- ages 16 and up. ••• 55 percent of blood donated is used to treat anemia in children and mothers during pregnancy and child birth.
About us:globalbloodfund.org
Check out:www.obi.org/bloodfacts/bloodfacts.html
Team Since:Oct 8, 2008

Impact of Team Red - Blood Donors

Statistic Name Team Red - Blood Donors
Number of Team Members 10
Number of Loans 15
Number of Loans per Member 1.50
Total Amount Loaned $375.00
*Updated as of Nov 23, 2009 08:32 pm

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