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Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) President, Archbishop Gervais Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga. Credit: TEC

Tanzania’s Catholic Bishops Appeal for Blood Donation ahead of World Day for the Sick

Feb 6, 2024

Ahead of the 2024 World Day for the Sick, Catholic Bishops in Tanzania are appealing to the people of God in the East African nation to voluntarily donate blood as a way of demonstrating their love for the life of others. 

Participants in a Health Walk And Blood Donation Exercise Organized by the Catholic Archdiocese Of Accra.

Ghanaian Catholics Donate Blood Amid Looming Shortage

Feb 7, 2020

With alarming statistics indicating that one out of three Ghanaians will need blood to save their lives, a campaign that targeted Catholics in the West African nation to donate the “gift of life” was started in 2019, with six out of the 20 dioceses involved in the voluntary exercise, a Coordinator of the campaign told ACI Africa correspondent in an interview Tuesday, February 4.

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