There were 37,018 people from across 27 countries who attempted to break the world record for the total number of blood donations in a day on August 27, and Point Cook’s Mustapha Alhamdani was one of them.
Beating the previous record of 34,723 set in 2020, Mr Alhamdani said he was “very happy” to have reached their goal.
“I think we did a great effort, and I’m sure if we had to do it again, we could break another record,” he said.
“We wanted to restock blood supplies, because during covid they were running low, and we helped bring that back up.
“We encouraged a lot of people in the community, and showed them how easy it is to give blood, each person that donates can save up to three lives.”
Mr Alhamdani also praised the friendliness of the staff at Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, who partnered with islamic charity Who is Hussain to host the blood heroes campaign.
“We did it in the name of Hussain Ibn Ali and it inspired a lot of people within the Muslim community, who went to donate and be part of a big cause,” he said.
But Mr Alhamdani says it wasn’t all about breaking the record, and there were “so many reasons” to keep giving blood.
“We wanted to do for the sake of humanity,” he said.
“At the end of the day we’re all humans, we all bleed, we all need blood.”
