Badhan (blood donation organization)
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| Formation | 24 October 1997[1] |
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| Founded at | University of Dhaka |
| Type | Blood donation organization |
| Registration no. | DHA-06152[1] |
| Legal status | Voluntary organization |
| Purpose | Free blood donation |
| Headquarters | Teacher-Student Centre |
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Official language | Bengali |
President | Md. Shamim Gazi |
General Secretary | Shakil Ahmed |
| Volunteers | 64,000 |
| Website | https://badhan.org/ |
Badhan is a service-oriented voluntary blood donation organization.[2] Currently, it operates across 55 districts in the country through 83 educational institutions, 12 zones, 142 units, and 4 families. The organization’s vision is to create a society where thousands of undergraduate and postgraduate students are always ready to donate blood promptly for patients, thereby striving to save countless endangered lives. Since its inception, it has worked with its own spirit and ideals despite numerous challenges.
It is a completely non-political, non-communal, non-regional, non-ethnic, secular, and voluntary social organization.
Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka and Emeritus Professor A. K. Azad Chowdhury said about Badhan,[3]
Badhan is an organization that the country can take pride in. The way this student-led organization continues its work entirely on voluntary effort is undoubtedly commendable.
Over the past twenty-seven years, Badhan, the voluntary blood donors’ organization, has supplied approximately 977,000 bags of pure blood. Simultaneously, it has successfully determined the blood groups of 2.436 million people free of charge.[4][5]
The organization has its own app. The Badhan app already includes information on approximately 64,000 blood donors from 58 districts of the country, with this number growing daily. All 64,000 of these willing blood donors are students from universities and colleges.[6]
History
[edit]Badhan originated in 1996 at the University of Dhaka. A residential student of Shahidullah Hall and a member of the Biochemistry Department, Muhammad Shahidul Islam, was approached by a student from Sergeant Zahurul Haq Hall, who mentioned that 10-12 bags of blood were needed for a relative’s heart surgery. Collecting such an amount of blood quickly was difficult at that time.[3]
Facing this challenge, Shahidul Islam realized that a hall-based blood collection system could ensure timely access to needed blood. After discussions with friends and seniors in Room 307, he founded the voluntary organization Badhan in 1997. Initially, Badhan was centered around Shahidullah Hall.[3][7]
Within five months, Badhan spread to Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall. Subsequently, units began operating in nearly one hall every week. A slogan was also established for the organization: “One’s blood is another’s life, let blood be the bond of the soul”.[8][3]
Objectives and Goals
[edit]To initiate a social movement for building a healthy society through voluntary blood donation and other service and awareness programs.
Programs
[edit]Programs aimed at encouraging students and the younger generation in Bangladesh to donate blood voluntarily include offering free blood group testing[9][10]Within 2019 Badhan has helped some 1,99,974 people to determine their blood groups.[11] These initiatives promote voluntary blood donation to support patients in need and motivate individuals to participate in service and awareness campaigns. Additionally, efforts are undertaken to conduct relief and rehabilitation programs to address the impacts of natural and human-made disasters.[12][13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "About Badhan". Badhan. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ^ "A Humanitarian Appeal". The Daily Star. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ a b c d Alam, Sheikh Sabiha (14 June 2022). "From Room 307 of Shahidullah Hall, Badhan Spreads Across the Country". Prothom Alo.
- ^ "27th Anniversary Celebration of Badhan at JU" (in Bengali). 25 October 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Rubel, Sirajul Islam (24 October 2022). "Voluntary Blood Donation: Badhan Stands by People for 25 Years". The Daily Star.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Staff, Own (2023-11-09). "Blood Easily Available Through 'Badhan' App". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Representative, DU (24 October 2024). "27th Anniversary Celebration of 'Badhan,' the Blood Donors' Organization". Kalabela.
- ^ "About Us". BADHAN - A Voluntary Blood Donors' Organization.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Representative, DU (16 December 2023). "Badhan's Free Blood Group Testing Program at TSC on Victory Day". Shomoyer Alo.
- ^ "Badhon conducts free blood group test". The Daily Star. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ "Badhan collected, distributed 75,000 blood bags nationwide in 2019". The Business Standard. 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ "Badhan Distributes Winter Clothes to the Needy in the City". Portcity Link.
- ^ Representative, Khulna University (7 April 2024). "Eid Supplies Distribution by Khulna University Badhan". Somoy Journal.