Socialblood

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socialblood is a social network that connects blood donors and recipients of the same blood type through Facebook.socialblood, has created a social space for thousands of potential blood donors and recipients to meet and potentially donate.The project came to life when the 22 year old founder Karthik Naralasetty witnessed a family in India struggling to find regular blood transfusions for their four-year-old daughter to treat her thalassemia, a genetic blood disease.

Awards

  • In 2011, socialblood won the Ashoka Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Award.
  • In 2012, socialblood was named as one of the world’s most innovative ventures started by university students by Kairos Society