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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Some South Sudanese journalists have donated blood in Juba, responding to a call by their union leader, amid reports of dire lack of blood at the bank.<\/p>\n

The media professional donated blood after Patrick Oyet, the President of the Union of Journalists of South Sudan, called on them to voluntarily carry out the life-saving act ahead of the World Blood Donor Day due on 14th June.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like there are a lot of people who are complaining that there is no blood, but they don\u2019t come here to carry out the process of donating the blood,\u201d said Awan Achiek.<\/p>\n

Another journalist Anika Sasha also dispelled misconceptions about donating blood, adding that it is completely safe when facilitated by medical professionals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are other stories also around blood donation that if you donate, you going to be sick, and I heard that if someone donates blood, you won\u2019t give birth, where are people getting all these stories from?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s why I think donating blood is very important because when you donate blood you save lives. We understand that there is no factory where people manufacture blood its only through donation that you can save life.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his remarks, the President of South Sudan Union of Journalists, Patrick Oyet said it\u2019s not enough for journalists to report on the importance of blood donation.<\/p>\n

Mr Oyet added that journalists must actualize the message by donating blood as an example to the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you that journalism is changing, it is no longer enough for us to just report that there is lack of blood, our people need blood and blood is not there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are things that we can do which do not really affect our profession. It does not affect our ethics, so those things that we can do like blood donation, we urge our members to real do.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Director General of Public Health Laboratory, majority of blood donors in the country are foreigners, accounting for 77 percent as per a 2020 data.<\/p>\n

Dr. Lul Lojok Deng has called on the citizens to turn up and donate blood to save lives of vulnerable people especially children and mothers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2020, when we visited to see how many people donated, which category of people donated, we found that only 23% are nationals 77% are none nationals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe complained that we have a nation if we are not saving lives of our people. Do we think that we can still say that this is a nation that we own. It\u2019s owned by those who support the vulnerable people, let us change this, let us reverse it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want 80% to be nationals and 20% will be foreigners, it\u2019s not difficult, it\u2019s not difficult you can do it and those that can do is a civil society like sustainable agency for empowerment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, David Nicholas, the Coordinator of Sustainable Agency for Empowerment has called on the South Sudan media fraternity to enlighten citizens about the importance of blood donation in saving lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were like why don\u2019t we engage our journalists and media houses for them to come because they will start as the pioneers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they go out there through their social media platforms, through the radios and televisions, they can be able to talk about the importance of donating blood because we are seeing everyday people are dying from accidents.\u201d<\/p>\n

The campaign which began yesterday is headed by Sustainable Agency for Empowerment (SAFE) in collaboration with the Union of Journalists in South Sudan.<\/p>\n

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