October 2, 2009 - 18:27 AMT
Yerevan to host "Be an angel, save one life" charity rock festival on October 3
On October 3, Lovers' Park in Yerevan will host "Be an angel, save one life" charity rock festival, organized by Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry NGO.

Blood donation point will be operating during the concert, details on tissue donating and further transplantation procedures provided.

The action, which will also be conducted in US and Iran, aims at spreading awareness of bone marrow transplantation issues.

The ABMDR was founded in 1999 as an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization, whose mission is to ensure that every ethnic Armenian struck with a life threatening blood-related illness is able to find hope for long-term survival through the identification of a genetically suitable bone marrow match.
             
The ABMDR is a member of the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) and Bone Marrow Donor Worldwide (BMDW) sharing its database information with other registries around the world. In January 2008, ABMDR became a member of National Marrow Donor Program - NMDP.