BE AN ANGEL, SAVE ONE LIFE: OVER 1000 DONORS WERE ATTRACTED DURING THE EVENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.10.2009 17:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On October 3, Lovers’ Park in Yerevan hosted "Be
an angel, save one life" charity rock festival, organized by Armenian
Bone Marrow Donor Registry NGO.

Blood donation point was operating during the concert, details on
tissue donating and further transplantation procedures were provided.

"The action, which was also conducted in US and Iran, aimed at
spreading awareness of bone marrow transplantation issues," Armenian
Bone Marrow Donor Registry Executive Director Sevak Avagyan told a
news conference on October 15.

"I’m glad to inform that over 1000 donors were attracted during
the event: 300 from US, 265 from Iran and 185 from Armenia. 15 000
donors were registered all through the period of ABMDR activity,"
ABMDR President Frieda Jordan stated, adding that a number of events
are planned on January 8, in celebration of ABMDR 10th anniversary.

The ABMDR was founded in 1999 as an independent, non-governmental,
not-for-profit organization, whose mission is to ensure that every
ethnic Armenian struck with a life threatening blood-related illness
is able to find hope for long-term survival through the identification
of a genetically suitable bone marrow match.

The ABMDR is a member of the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA)
and Bone Marrow Donor Worldwide (BMDW) sharing its database information
with other registries around the world. In January 2008, ABMDR became
a member of National Marrow Donor Program – NMDP.