Celebrating World Blood Donor Day, a special awareness walk was held by Viva, a brand of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK) together with the National Blood Transfusion Service in Colombo recently. The walk was held to create wider awareness of the importance of blood donation, give tribute to blood donors and potential donors and highlight the presence of people who are in need of blood in order to survive certain illnesses. GSK Consumer Healthcare MD Sachi Thomas hands over symbolic pledge to Minister of Health, Nimal Siripala de Silva as Director of the National Blood Transfusion Service Dr. Ananda Gunesekara and GSK Marketing Head Ravi de Coonghe looks on.