The passionate heart of Shincheonji’s youth to save lives through blood donation campaigns
'We Are One', the youth volunteer group from Shincheonji Church of Jesus, is one of the largest youth organisations in the world with 90,000 domestic and foreign youth members (70,000 in South Korea and 20,000 overseas) across 12 branches in South Korea and 75 countries including the US and UK. Due to receiving the blood of Jesus, “We are One” are passionately participating in regular blood donations in order to save lives too. The regular blood donation drives began to raise awareness of the importance of blood donation in order to overcome the blood shortage caused by COVID-19. According to the Global Status Report on Blood Safety and Availability published by the WHO in June 2022, shortages of blood have impacted all countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, in January 2022, the American Red Cross announced that the US is facing a national blood crisis – its worst blood shortage in over a decade. A total of 73,807 from the “We Are One” youth group donated blood for 85 d