Questions, answered plainly

Dropli is a free blood donor app for Bangladesh. A family posts what the patient needs: the blood group, the number of bags and the hospital. Dropli alerts eligible donors who live closest to that hospital first, then widens the search in rings of 3, 7 and 15 km until enough people say yes. Donors are volunteers and are never paid.

Open the app and tap to request blood. Speak or type what you need in Bangla, or fill in the form: patient name, blood group, number of bags, hospital, date and how urgent it is. Check the details and post. Dropli starts alerting matching donors near the hospital straight away, and you can follow every response on a live tracker.

Dropli alerts donors whose blood group can be given to the patient, who haven't donated in the last 90 days, and who live closest to the hospital. It starts within 3 km. If the bags aren't covered, it widens to 7 km, then 15 km, adding a chat message and, for urgent requests, an automated voice call. It stops alerting once every bag is confirmed.

It depends on the blood group, the area and the time of day, so we don't promise a number. What you do get is visibility: the tracker shows how many donors were alerted, how many opened the request, who said yes and how far away they are. If nobody answers, the next ring goes out after about 14 minutes and the tracker counts down to it.

Yes. Say something like "my mother needs two bags of B+ at BIRDEM tomorrow, urgent" in Bangla, by voice or text. Dropli fills in the blood group, bags, hospital, date and urgency for you and shows what is still missing, such as the patient's name. Nothing is posted until you check the form and confirm it.

Yes. Every request has a link you can share on Messenger, WhatsApp or Facebook. It opens in any browser and shows the blood group, bags, hospital and time. A donor can tap "I can give", enter their name, group and email, and confirm with a code sent to them. To get alerts for future requests, they'll need the app.

A boost widens the search when the free rings aren't enough. For ৳200, Dropli sends push and SMS to every suitable donor within 30 km. For ৳500, it reaches 60 km and adds an automated voice call. The money pays for those SMS messages and calls. It never goes to a donor, and boosting is always optional.

The donor shows you a six-digit code or a QR on their phone. Enter it in your request, or scan the QR, to confirm the donation happened. The bag is then marked as verified, the donation is added to the donor's passport, and the donor can save a certificate. You can also choose to support Dropli at that point, though you don't have to.

Anyone willing to give blood can register with their blood group and area. Signing up doesn't mean you can donate on any given day. The staff at the hospital, blood bank or camp check every donor before taking blood, and their decision is final. Dropli only decides who hears about a request, not who is medically able to give.

Dropli waits 90 days after a donation before it alerts you again. Your donor passport counts down the days and shows the date you can give next. During that time you won't get request alerts, so you can't be asked to give too soon by accident. Always follow what the medical staff tell you on the day.

You only hear about requests that match your blood group, near you, while you're able to donate. Requests go out in rings starting nearest the hospital, so donors further away only hear if closer donors haven't covered the bags. Once every bag is confirmed, alerts for that request stop.

The passport is your donor profile in the app. It shows your donor ID, total donations, how many were verified with a code, and the date you can donate next. It also holds your badges and the certificates for verified donations, which you can print or save as a PDF.

There are eight: First drop for your first donation, Regular donor at 3 donations, Dedicated donor at 5, Blood hero at 10 and Legend at 25. Verified donor is for confirming at least one donation with a code, Rare blood hero for joining the rare blood network, and Emergency responder for answering an urgent request within 30 minutes of the alert.

Donors with Rh-negative blood, such as O−, can opt in from their passport. Because these groups are hard to find, network members can be alerted about urgent requests from further away, including other parts of the country, in a second stage of alerts. You can switch it off at any time.

A Circle is a standing group of donors for one patient who needs blood on a schedule, such as a child with thalassemia who needs a bag every 21 days. Donors in the Circle take turns. The app lists the upcoming dates, who is down for each one and whether they've confirmed, so the family isn't searching from scratch every few weeks.

Donors see the hospital, not where the family lives. A donor's location is only used to work out distance, and requesters see that distance, not an address. Hospitals see donor counts per map area, and any area with fewer than three donors of a group is hidden, so nobody can be pinpointed.

Don't pay. Blood is never sold, and nobody on Dropli should ask you for money, including "transport costs" sent by bKash before they come. Dropli flags chat messages that ask for money or a mobile banking number and shows a warning to both people. Report the user from the chat and look for another donor.

When the donor arrives and gives blood, they show a six-digit code or QR from the app. The patient's family enters or scans it. Only then is the donation marked as verified on the donor's passport. Donors are told never to share the code before donating, so a verified donation means the family confirmed it.

No. The code is the family's proof that the donation took place, so it should only be shown after the blood has been given. The app reminds donors of this on the code screen. If someone asks for the code in advance, treat it with the same caution as a request for money.

On the supply map and forecast, a hospital sees only counts: registered donors, donors eligible now and donors eligible within 30 days, per blood group and area. No names, IDs or exact locations. A donor appears by name only on a specific request they said yes to, so the hospital can coordinate that donation.

Yes. Verified hospitals and blood banks get a web console. Staff can post requests that carry a verified badge, follow dispatch in real time, see nearby donor supply without seeing who the donors are, read a 30-day shortage forecast, run blood camps and print an impact report. Registration starts with a new institution form and a verification check.

For each blood group, the console divides the bags requested near the hospital in the last 30 days by the donors within 10 km who can give today. A ratio above 0.5 is marked high risk and above 0.2 medium. Each row comes with a plain-language note, so staff know which group to plan a camp for before it runs short.

Campus clubs, companies and NGOs can create a team in the app. A team can set up blood camps with a date, hours and venue, and members book a slot. Each team has a public page that opens in a browser. Teams appear on a leaderboard for their type, ranked by members' donations and camp attendance over the last twelve months.

The report covers a date range you choose: bags collected, how many members gave, camps held, bookings and attendance, and for hospitals, requests posted, requests filled and median time to the first donor. It is built only from verified records and contains no personal donor details. You can print it or save it as a PDF.

Requesting blood and donating are free, and so are teams and camps. Two things are optional and paid: the alert boost at ৳200 or ৳500, which pays for SMS and automated calls to donors further away, and supporting Dropli after a donation. Nobody on Dropli should ever ask you for money for blood.

No. Donors on Dropli give voluntarily and are never paid, by Dropli or by anyone else through the app. Money from boosts and support covers SMS, voice calls and running the service. If a donor asks you for money, don't pay, and report them from the chat.

After a donation, the family can choose to support Dropli with ৳50, ৳100, ৳200, ৳500 or any amount from ৳10 to ৳50,000. Payments go through SSLCommerz, which accepts bKash and other common methods, and Dropli never stores your card or wallet details. The money keeps emergency SMS and calls running so the next family is helped too.