Students donate blood for children suffering from blood disorders

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— Dawn
— Dawn

PESHAWAR: Students and staff members of the Peshawar Model Degree College’s Jamil Chowk Campus have donated 391 blood bags to the Fatimid Foundation for the children suffering from thalassaemia, haemophilia and other blood disorders.

Blood was donated in a three-day donation camp set up on the campus, according to a statement.

It said 180 bags were donated by the students and 211 by the teachers and other staff members.

It was the fourth blood camp in the current year that provided 1,100 blood bags to the Fatimid Foundation. The blood camps were established under the supervision of college administrator Mohammad Younis Sethi, who is also the chairman of the blood donation committee, Rotary Club Peshawar New City.

The schools and colleges of the Peshawar Model School system have been donating blood since 2008, according to Mr Sethi.

He told Dawn that 20,000 blood bags had been collected from the students and staff members.

The administrator said the blood collected through those camps was handed over to the Fatimid Foundation from where it was provided free of charge to children suffering from thalassaemia, haemophilia and other blood disorders.

“This success is not only recognition of the institution’s welfare services but also a shining example of promoting the spirit of humanity, sacrifice and volunteerism among the young generation,” he said.

The administrator said the most important feature of the welfare activity was that its benefits were directly reaching the children who regularly needed blood due to thalassaemia, haemophilia and other blood diseases.

He said the free provision of blood to those children through the Fatimid Foundation was a great humanitarian service, which was not only helping in their treatment but also relieving their parents of a major worry.

Published in Dawn, November 10th, 2026

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