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donation campaigns. The specificobjective was to increase regular,voluntary, nonremunerated blooddonation in Jordan.A one-hour seminar was hosted byMr Gunnar Lofberg, Director ofthe United Nations Relief andWorks Agency for PalestineRefugees in the Near East(UNRWA) for operations in Jordan.The seminar was a jointcollaboration with the Health andEducation Department of theMinistry, under the theme SafeBlood Starts With Me.A blood donor award ceremonywas held in May-June 2000 underthe patronage of the royal family.The objective was to reward andcertify committed blood donororganizations that raiseawareness of the community ofthe need for adequate and safeblood. Regular blood collectioncampaigns fall also under thepurview of this association.Educational activitiesA muppet show was staged,since this was considered anexcellent medium to reflect to awide audience the many ideasthrough songs, and tell childrenabout the importance of blood andblood safety. The different roles ofblood components in saving liveswas the focus of the show, held atthe Haya Cultural Centre.A technical team for the muppetshow included Dr Janiet Merza,responsible for Information; MrsMuna Hamzeh for Supervision;Abdel Jaber Hassan, Writer andDirector; and Hanan Hinatti,Mupper Designer and Producer.Issam Abu Fara and Naoomy werethe actors and muppet movers.Schools had a general knowledgequiz, art exhibitions and songs onthe importance of voluntary, nonremuneratedblood donation.MaterialsTwo posters and a brochure werewidely distributed to the generalpopulation during face-to-faceYour blood—for the loveof lifeSeeking for it ... Seeking for itwhere we can find ... wherewe can findimpossible ... impossible everto reach it from the treethe secret of our lifeto find it from the rocksor from the depth of the earthit is within us ... one drop of itsaves our souls ... createshopewe volunteer happilyto protect soulsto save human livesfor ever ... and ever bloodbanksopen the doors of hopego ahead ... don’t hesitatego ahead ... save livesdonate your blood ... savelivesextract byMuna HamzehHead, Dept. of Health Educationsessions at all governates, ashealth education materials.Mass media eventsThirty-six representatives fromthese media also participated in aworkshop to sensitize them tosafe blood issues, and in this wayafford maximum impact of theblood safety media campaign.Activities took place over a wholemonth on television, radio and innewspapers. In particular, 16television spots were shown toraise awareness among the publicof the need for their support indonating blood in an altrusticmanner. The television and radioprogrammes included interviewswith physicians, current blooddonors and patients that havebenefited from blood donation.Of the dozens of newspaperarticles that appeared in theAl-Rai, Al-Dustoor and Al-Aswaqnewspapers, one was a comicstrip that appeared on 6 April tosensitize youth to exactly whatvoluntary blood donationmeans. ▲57 ▲ WORLD HEALTH DAY ▼ SAFE BLOOD STARTS WITH ME