Kanaa Blood Donation Camp - Jan 2016

Date    : 26-Jan-2016
Venue : St.Sebastian's Matric.Hr. Sec.School, Pallavaram.

What more can one do on this great day to make oneself not only proud but also save lives? St.Sebastian's School and Kanaa Charitable Trust together conducted a blood donation camp on 67th Republic Day.

A team of 9 members from Right Hospital Blood bank, Kilpauk, Chennai arrived at the venue by 8.45 am and started their preparation for the drive. The blood donation drive started by 9.00 am. Kanaa volunteers were co-ordinated with the members of blood bank and started off with the registration.

We have over 135 enthusiastic donors out of which 107 units of blood was collected. We thank all our donors for coming forward to save lives.

We are thankful to the Principal of St.Sebastian's School, Mrs. Amala Deepam who was very kind to offer the venue for the camp and to the correspondent of the school Rev.Fr. Arulraj for his permission to use the school campus and his presence during the event.

Our special thanks to Prof. (Dr.) Antony D'silva, MyMaster for not only spreading the word about the drive but also being a moral support for the entire team. Our sincere thanks to Mr.Arun Prasad, Volunteer from MVBB for his support throughout the event. Thanks to all the Teachers and Volunteers who supported us and took part in this life saving noble cause.

Last but not the least we are humbled to thank all the students of St.Sebastian's school who have inspired their parents and relatives to come forward as donors.

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Kanaa Painting Competition - Jan 2015

Date    : 25-Jan-2015
Venue : CSI St. Thomas Hr. Sec. School.

KANAA, a charitable trust conducted an inter school “Painting Competition” to cherish our 66th Republic day on 25th January 2015, among the following 4 schools located at St. Thomas mount.

1. Montfort School
2. CSI St. Thomas School
3. Cantonment School
4. St. Dominic’s School

The competition held at CSI St. Thomas hr. sec. school, Butt road, St. Thomas mount. Competition was held between 9.30AM and 11.30PM.

The competition was conducted in 3 categories (Category1: 6th & 7th, Category2: 8th and 9th, Category3: 10th, 11th and 12th) in which 132 students participated and painted out their talents. After the competition, all the magnificent paintings were exhibited to the students and the parents in a separate hall.

At 12.30PM, the results were announced by the judge panel involving 5 members Mrs.Reshmi Gopinath, Mr. Alok kumar, Mr. Magesh, Mrs. Mayasri, and Mr. Bipin from Chennai Weekend Artists (CWA), who also motivated the students on their mind-blowing artistic thoughts. They judged 31 winners/runners among the 3 categories including one overall winner from each category. Winners/Runners from each category per school were awarded with medals and special prizes. Overall winner from each category received a trophy and a special prize.

Our sincere thanks to the Mr. Y. Manohar Devaputhiran, Principal, CSI St. Thomas hr. sec. school for providing the venue for conducting the competition.

Our hearty thanks to the members of Chennai Weekend Artists who helped in judging the competition and for supporting us. Special Thanks to Mr. Muralidharan Alagar who accepted our invitation and made this possible even though he couldn’t come.

We thank all of our Sponsors who contributed for procuring prizes for the winners.

This competition wouldn’t have been successful without our dedicated and energetic volunteers. Around 35 like-minded youngsters joined their hands for making this competition a grand success. We wholeheartedly thank each and every volunteer who have spent their valuable time for helping us.

We will be conducting more such competitions/events in upcoming days. Gear up for the next round. Let’s join hands. Let’s be the change for tomorrow.

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Kanaa Blood Donation Camp - Jan 2015

Date : 26-Jan-2015
Venue : Montfort Matric. Hr. Sec. School, St.Thomas Mount.

Kanaa Charitable trust organized a blood donation camp today on behalf of our 66th Republic Day in Montfort Matric. hr. sec. School, St.Thomas Mount. About 52 donors registered for the camp and 45 blood units were collected. We are thankful to all the donors who came forward to donate and helped us for a good cause. The blood units were collected by Cancer Institute Blood bank, Chennai Adyar.

Our Special thanks to Montfort School for providing us the venue. We wholeheartedly thank Cancer Institute team for their patience and support towards our team. Our heart filled thanks to all the donors, supporters and volunteers who helped us and made the blood donation camp successful.

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Kanaa Blood Donation Camp - Aug 2014

Date : 15-Aug-2014
Venue : Christ King Girl's Hr. Sec School, East Tambaram.

"Human blood is one of the most precious gifts a human being can give to another. No wonder the blood donors are called saviors of mankind. If someone really loves oneself and other fellow beings, voluntary blood donation is an exemplary method to express it. "

On the occassion of 68th Indian Independence day (Aug 15,2014), a blood donation camp was organized at Christ King Girl's Hr. Sec. School, East Tambaram. The camp was organized by "KANAA CHARITABLE TRUST" in the school campus under the supervision of sister Karunya(Head Mistress, Christ King School) along with a supporting staff Mrs. Daisy. This camp helped students in getting awareness about their social responsibilities. The Camp started at 09:45 a.m and went up to 2:00 p.m. A team of 10 members came from Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital Blood bank to conduct the camp.

According to the information presented on the occasion, only 50 percent of the country's blood requirement is fulfilled through such blood donation camps. Hence, there is a need to create awareness amongst our youth for active participation in such a noble cause. Prior to the camp an introductory speech regarding the blood donation and the importance of blood was given by Mr.RenuKarthick Sukumar, Kanaa Charitable trust.

The camp is organized in a much disciplined manner checking each and every aspect of participant's health. It was great to see more people than per-registration numbers turning up in the venue. Not only men, but, large number of women also came forward to donate blood. Due to such brave women's the percentage of women's donating blood has augmented worldwide.

During the blood donation process after registration set of checkups like blood pressure and other tests were conducted by the medical team. Then, the hemoglobin content of the particpants were checked before donating the blood, clearly telling the particpans about their health condition. After the medical check-up of the donors where taken to the blood donation are where blood was taken.

Refreshments were provided to the donors after donating blood. The donors received certificate of recognition from blood bank. Students from Nursing group & NSS unit of Christ King Girl's Hr. Sec. School helped the participants and gave moral support to them for donating blood along with Kanaa Volunteers.

Finally, the collected blood were carefully sealed and transported away to the hospital, while the volunteers and hospital staffs helped in all activities. Throughout the day, there were smiles and laughter all around - a true embodment of what we believe in - selfless service with a smile.

Students of NSS Unit & Nursing group of Christ King Girl's Hr. Sec. School were provided a certificate of appreciation from KANAA CHARITABLE TRUST for helping & volunteering the camp.

Our sincere thanks to Sister Karunya, Headmistress - Christ King Girl's Hr. Sec School, Mrs. Daisy, Staff - Christ King Girl's Hr. Sec School for helping and providing the venue to conduct blood donation camp.

And our Special thanks to Rajiv Gandhi Govt. Hospital Blood bank team, Chennai.

The purpose of life is not only to be happy but to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all and by Donating these people made some difference in their life was well as the recipients lives.

Kanaa Blood Donation Camp - Aug 2013

To the young and healthy it’s no loss. To sick it’s hope of life. Donate Blood to give back life. 

Date : 15/08/2013
Venue : Cantonment School, Pallavaram

Kanaa conducted a blood donation camp on the 15th of August,2013 – Independence Day, in the Cantonment Primary School, Pallavaram.

 The camp started at 9am an intended, our Kanaa volunteers were in the venue by time. It was a gloomy day and it was drizzling all morning. Thus slowing down the donors’ arrival. Meanwhile our volunteers reminded all the donors who had registered online for the camp. As the day progressed, rain god showed mercy and sky cleared up. The donors turned up slowly and our volunteers helped them to fill in the forms and guided them to the doctors.

We had over 65 donors and over 60 units of blood by the end of the session. This count wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts taken by our volunteers to promote the camp. All the blood units were collected for VHS blood bank.

We are happy and thankful to Mrs. Sathya Natarajan for her kindness and involvement without which this event would not have been a success. We are also thankful for the tasty food she served us with. A special mention about Prof. (Dr.) Antony D’Silva our event partner from MY MASTER for the active participation in the camp.

The blood you donate gives someone another chance at life. One day that someone may become a relative, a friend, a loved one. 

Blood Donation Camp - Jan 2014

“You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”.

Date   : 26-Jan-2014

Venue :  Maraimalai adigal Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Pallavaram .

26th Jan 2014 was one such perfect day!!!

Kanaa team takes immense happiness in thanking all the donors who came forward to save lives. We had 85 active donors from whom 77 units of blood were collected. We thank each and every one who came forward and donated blood to make an essential difference in someone’s life. All these donors experienced their perfect day.

Success of an event lies as much in the hands of the organizers as much as in active participation. Our success is the end product of time tested techniques concocted with the experience obtained through various events, and execution perfected by the dedication of our volunteers. The time and effort expended in spreading the awareness about this noble cause was well justified by the substantial response obtained from the public. This serves as an inspiration to conduct more life transforming events.

Our heartfelt thanks to Prof. Dr. Antony D’silva, founder – My Master, for his support in conducting the camp and provision of refreshment for the donors.

Our sincere thanks to
1.Mr.M.Thiyagarajan, Arul Institute
2.Mr.D.Jeyaprakash, Vice-Chairman, Pallavapuram Municipality
3.Mr.D.Jeyavel, DJB Enterprises
4.Mrs.Roslin, Head mistress, Pallavapuram Municipality primary school, Pallavaram, 

for supporting us with the venue to conduct blood donation camp.

Special thanks to the LLMRF (THE LANDSTEINER LAKSHMI MEMORIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Public Charitable Trust Blood Bank) The team of 10 members from the foundation provided immense support in conducting the event.

“Blood donors perform the miracle of saving innumerous lives, which might not have been resurrected to see the light of day, but for the donors”

We are both happy and proud to realize that the donor count and the number of blood units that are collected have increased across the events that have been conducted in the recent past.. Our sincere thanks to everyone who helped us make this event a success. Inevitable is your support to take this wonderful cause ahead and save more lives.

Join Hands to serve the humanity.

Blood Donation Camp - Jan 2013

"Everyone wants to serve the world, We have taken our first step in reaching to the mankind " - Kanaa Team.

Date   : 26-Jan-2013

Venue :  Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Chrompet.

On saturday (26/01/2013), Republic day. Lions Club and Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Chrompet had conducted a blood donation camp. The event started off with the flag  hoist in the premises of Vivekanananda Vidyalaya from 8.30 am to 9.30 am. Mr.Ravindran, Correspondent-Vivekananda Vidyalaya had requested our team to take part in the event. Renu Karthick, Thameem, Saravanan from KANAA  team attended the flag hoisting ceremony.

 A team of 2 Doctors, 4 Nurses and 5 helpers from VHS (Voluntary Health Service), Chennai arrived  at the venue by 9 a.m and started their preparation for the drive.

Blood donation drive started by 9:30 am. We expected 3 categories of donors.

1. Donors registered through KANAA.
2. Alumni's of Vivekananda Vidyalaya.
3. Parents of Children's who are studying in Vivekananda Vidyalaya.

Mr. Ravindran, Suggested us to take responsibility of donors. We had to receive them, help them in filling registration forms, we also had to guide them to the blood donation room and provide them the nutrients after they donate blood. We split the responsibilities among ourselves and started working for the camp.
 

Key features about the drive:

• AC Hall with 10 beds were allocated for the drive.
• Nutrients provided by VHS for the donors after donating blood.
• Tea and snacks was provided for each donor before donating blood
• An exhibition about vivekananda took place inside the school premises, donors were allowed to visit the exhibition before and after donating blood.
• Tea, snacks was provided for our volunteers during the drive and Lunch was provided for our volunteers after the drive by Vivekananda Vidyalaya.
• Momento's were provided for all the volunteers from Vivekananda Vidyalaya.
• We expected around 150 units of blood but we had 335 active donors and got around 270+ units of blood.

We thank every donor who came forward to give blood, We thank Mr. Ravindran, Correspondent, Vivekananda Vidyalaya for engaging us and recognizing our efforts and service towards humanity. Our special thanks to the Parents, Teachers and the Alumnus of Vivekananda Vidyalaya who supported this camp and made the event a grand success.

We thank the VHS team (Voluntary Health Service, Chennai) for guiding us in this service. We also thank all the members and volunteers from Lions Club and Vivekananda Vidyalaya.
Last but not the least, it wouldn't have been possible to bring together such a huge amount of donors and win their patience towards a social motto. It happend because of our team work, 23 volunteers from KANAA & their time for this valuable serive. Thank you for the support. Way to go team!!!