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Youth commission launches blood donation drive for Gaza

By JT - Sep 01,2014 - Last updated at Sep 01,2014

AMMAN — The All Jordan Youth Commission on Monday launched a nationwide blood donation campaign to support Gaza.

Saeb Hassan, head of the commission, said the campaign is organised in cooperation with the blood bank at Mafraq Public Hospital, and aims at helping Gazans face the aftermath of the Israeli aggression, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The commission was established upon Royal directives in October 2006 to enhance young people’s role in socio-economic and political plans.

Hassan said the campaign also includes collecting in-kind assistance through the commission’s taskforces across the Kingdom. 

The collected aid will be sent to the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO), which will deliver it to the strip, Petra reported.

Palestinian health officials say 2,139 people, most of them civilians, including more than 490 children, have been killed in the enclave since July 8, when Israel launched the offensive, according to Reuters.

An Egyptian-brokered, permanent ceasefire took effect in the strip last Tuesday.

Hassan called on individuals and institutions to head to the commission’s branches in the governorates to donate blood and relief, noting that the campaign is part of Jordan’s efforts to mitigate the suffering of Palestinians in the coastal enclave.

Jordan dispatched a field hospital to Gaza following the Israeli war on the enclave in late 2008 and early 2009. By April this year, the medical cadres had treated over 1.2 million Gazans.

Also on Monday, the JHCO dispatched a 20-truck aid convoy laden with food and relief assistance to be delivered to UNRWA for distribution to Gazans, Petra reported.

JHCO Secretary General Ayman Mifleh said the organisation will provide the strip with educational needs such as stationery and schoolbags, on the occasion of the start of the scholastic year in Gaza on September 14.

He said the JHCO will present wheelchairs and walking sticks to people with disabilities through donors or buy them from the local market, according to Petra.

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