With a view to mobilising young Gambians, the National Youth Parliament (NYP) and the Girls Platform will engage on a campaign for voluntary blood donation. The initiative will help to develop the alliance in collaboration with the National Blood Bank, and the Department of State for Health (DoSH).

Scheduled for a period of  four months, the community-to-community campaign will target various places, vows, schools, markets and youth centres.

According to reports from the National Youth Parliament, this move culminated from the desire to reverse the current trend, by raising awareness about the need to donate blood.

As part of their activities, the campaign is tasked with the responsibility not only to mobilise young people, but also  to embark on community mobilisation through various structures in place, opinion and community leaders. The report also indicated that, the advocacy team aims at mobilising  400 piles of blood monthly.