Badhan is a non-political voluntary blood donor organization found in 1997 by few spirited students of Dhaka University. The main goal of Badhan is to promote voluntary blood donation among graduate and post graduate level students and turn it into a social movement so that no body dies due to scarcity of blood. Since its inception at the Shahidulla Hall of Dhaka University, Badhan has grown into a massive organization with 95 units in 39 institutions spreading over 25 Districts. They motivate graduate and post-graduate level students to donate blood when need arises. Badhan maintains an extensive student database of willing blood donors. In time of need, Badhan finds matching eligible donors and make them available to the patient for fresh blood transfusion. It has contributed significantly towards alleviating the blood crisis of Bangladesh to a point that now paid donor percentage has almost shrunk to nil. From the very beginning of its journey it became clear to Badhan that a blood transfusion center would be of utmost importance. It would make blood transfusion process much more convenient and safe for the donors.

During the devastating flood in 2004 SpaandanB was looking for a partner organization who would help us to carry out voluntary relief distribution and came in contact with Badhan. With its elaborate network of high spirited student volunteers, Badhan executed the job flawlessly. Since then SpaandanB has been leveraging Badhan’s network for relief work during time of calamities. SpaandanB acknowledged the necessity of a blood transfusion center and agreed to finance a trial center at the Teacher-Student Center of Dhaka University. In 2006, with the help of Dhaka University and SpaandanB’s funding of $7,150, Badhan established the first BTC. Along the journey, the initial BTC experienced many hurdles and issues but managed to generate enough revenues to make it self-wheeling. After running for more than 10 years, it is now ready to turn a new leaf.