Bloode - An Online Community Of Blood Donors

When Natalia Bougadeli’s grandmother needed blood in 2012, she was confronted with a problem and along with Natalia Kritsali, both students at the time, created the idea of Bloode, a way to raise awareness about the need for blood donations. Two years later, while Bougadeli was attending school at New York University in the U.S. and Kritsali was studying at Athens University of Economics and Business, the idea of Bloode remained active and they formed a team in Athens with two other students at Athens University of Economics and Business, Panagiotis and Alexander.

 

Bloode’s team went on to achieve their goal first by organizing volunteer blood donations, creating Bloode's website, and continuous calls for blood donations from patients or their relatives. Afterwards, the team expanded to informational events and educational programs, followed by the design of the application for mobile smartphones.

Their vision is to establish the first online community of blood donors and volunteers in Greece, in order to overcome this important social problem. Since their beginning, Bloode has completed 9 events, has gathered 200 units, and has saved 593 lives.

Source: Greek TV

For more information about this organization, please visit: Bloode