ISLAMABAD: To mark the 72nd Independence Anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia, Embassy of Indonesia, in collaboration with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society, organised a blood donation camp on Saturday. Ambassadors, high commissioners, diplomats and their families participated in the blood donation camp and volunteered. The ASEAN Community in Islamabad is represented by seven missions namely Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Myanmar. Speaking on the occasion, the Indonesian ambassador said that the special event coincided in conjunction with the 72nd Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Indonesia and the 50th ASEAN Day celebrated on 17th August 2017 and on 8th August 2017, respectively. The ambassador said that the objective of the activity was to spread the culture of the humanitarian practice and to show support to the cause of Pakistan Red Crescent Society. He said that such events created awareness and gave hope to those patients who were reliant or urgently need safe blood transfusion and other blood products for their survival. “Every blood donor becomes a hero when he donates blood to save someone’s life,” he said. Appreciating the ASEAN Community in Islamabad, the ambassador said that the blood donation camp will help promote people to people to contact between our nations because “care to share is the ASEAN way”. The envoy said that blood donation was our collective duty. “As a society, we should raise awareness about the issue to help save more and more lives,” he said. Published in Daily Times, August 20th 2017.