Facebook Says Over 40 Lakh Indians Pledged For Blood Donation
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ver 40 lakh people in India have signed up as blood donors on Facebook since it pioneered the feature in October, the first in any country, the social media giant has announced.
At its second annual Social Good Forum yesterday in New York, Facebook said it will roll out the blood donation feature in Bangladesh early next year, as it unveiled a host of new tools and initiatives for communities to help people.
Facebook had in October launched a new blood donations feature, starting in India, to make it easier for people to donate blood.
"There are now more than 4 million blood donors signed up on Facebook in India," said Naomi Gleit, Facebooks vice president of social good.
In addition to enabling people in need to connect to blood donors, our tools also a...