There’s definitely nothing negative about this group of northern refugees.
Except maybe their blood group.
On Australia Day a group of 26 refugees will donate blood to say “thank you” to their local community.
Volunteers from the Punya Foundation, based in Salisbury North, will converge on the Red Cross Modbury Donor Centre to donate blood, many for the first time.
The foundation fundraises for social issues both in Australia and overseas but is looking to a cause close to home for this campaign.
“We are focusing more on our local community,” foundation volunteer Puskar Sharma Poudyal said.
“We want to be part of the community and be able to help anyone that needs it.”
The foundation is run by refugees from Bhutan, a landlocked country sharing borders with India and China.
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