An A+ effort by residents to help save hundreds and thousands of lives by donating blood took place at the Werribee Lifeblood centre on Sunday.
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood donor clinics across the country partnered with Who is Hussain, a global charity inspired by a prominent Islamic figure Hussain Ibn Ali, which seeks to encourage individuals to stand for moral justice.
Point Cook volunteer Mustafa Alhamdani rolled up his own sleeves to give blood for the first time.
“[We] recognise there is a depletion in blood donation numbers, due to the global pandemic, so we were trying to help those numbers,” he said.
“Our goal was to encourage more people from all kinds of communities, because for people like me I had always heard about blood donations but I didn’t realise how important it is.
“That 15 minute, small, quick process, potentially can save three lives.”
Mr Alhamdani said it was crazy to see people from countries like Argentina, Uganda and Philippines get involved, but hopes people who couldn’t participate on the day are still inspired to book a blood donation appointment.
The organisation is currently processing numbers with global partners to see if the world record was broken.
