A new mobile blood-donation unit has been donated to Bulgaria’s National Centre of Transfusion Haematology by the charity “I Believe and Help”. The vehicle, bought with donations, can accommodate two donors at the same time and is intended to serve Sofia and nearby communities.
Bringing the facility to the donor
It is the fourth mobile unit supported by the initiative, following vehicles in Varna, Plovdiv and Stara Zagora. The practical purpose is to help medical teams reach donors outside a permanent collection centre, including in smaller settlements, institutions and workplaces.
A campaign built over years
Antonia and Vladislav Nikolov began developing their charitable work after the 2014 floods in Varna’s Asparuhovo district. Support for premature babies later expanded into equipment and vehicles for healthcare services. Their next goals include a mobile blood-donation unit for Burgas and more children’s ambulances.
Access is only one part of the process
A mobile facility removes a travel barrier, but it does not remove medical screening or the need for an organised collection programme. Donors still need information about where and when a team is operating and whether they can donate. Those arrangements should be checked with the relevant blood centre rather than inferred from the vehicle’s arrival.
From individual appeals to lasting capacity
The significance of the donation is the additional collection capacity it creates beyond a single emergency appeal. The report does not announce a timetable for a specific neighbourhood or a same-day public session; those details require a separate announcement from the medical team.
