Dropli

Post once. Watch donors answer

Tell Dropli what the doctor said, in your own words. We find donors with a matching group near the hospital and show you, live, who was alerted, who said yes and who is on the way. You don't pay anything to post.

Done · no more alerts sent
B+
2 bags for Rokeya, 62
BIRDEM General Hospital · needed tomorrow, 10 am
Both bags confirmed
22alerted
19opened
2said yes
1on the way
Bags confirmed2 / 2
B+Karim Hasan3.9 km awayOn the way · 21 min
O+Sadia Islam9.4 km awaySaid yes

A replay with made-up names. This is how the tracker behaves.

Five steps

From "we need blood" to a confirmed donor

You can do all of this from a hospital corridor with one hand. Dropli does most of the waiting.

  1. 01

    Describe it

    Speak or type in Bangla. The form fills itself and tells you what's still missing.

    Request form being filled from a spoken Bangla sentence
  2. 02

    Post and share

    Post it. You also get a link and a card to drop in family groups.

    Public request page that opens from a shared link
  3. 03

    Watch the tracker

    See each ring go out, who opened it and who said yes.

    Live dispatch tracker with rings and donors
  4. 04

    Meet the donor

    Chat in the app to agree the ward and the time. Never send money.

    Chat between family and donor
  5. 05

    Enter their code

    After they've given, type the six digits from their phone.

    Screen asking the family to enter the donor's six-digit code

Step one, up close

You talk, the form fills itself in

Nobody wants to fight a form at 2 am. Hold the mic and just talk. Dropli picks out what it needs and leaves the rest for you to check.

  • Blood group, number of bags, hospital, date and how urgent it is.
  • The patient's age and gender, and who the blood is for.
  • It tells you what it couldn't find, like the patient's name, so you can add it.
  • Nothing goes out until you read the form and press post.

Try it with this sentence

"My mother needs 2 bags of B+ at BIRDEM tomorrow, urgent. She's 62."

আমার আম্মার জন্য আগামীকাল বারডেম হাসপাতালে জরুরি ২ ব্যাগ বি পজিটিভ রক্ত লাগবে, বয়স ৬২

Blood groupB+
Bags2
HospitalBIRDEM General
WhenTomorrow · urgent

The live tracker

Seven things on one screen

The worst part of looking for blood is not knowing whether anyone has seen your post. The tracker answers that.

  1. Live statusHow many donors were alerted, how many opened it, how many said yes and how many are on the way.
  2. Bags confirmedA bar that fills as donors commit. Two bags needed, one confirmed, and so on.
  3. The rings3 km, 7 km, 15 km and 50 km. You see which ones went out, and by push, chat or phone call.
  4. Time to the next ringIf nobody answers, Dropli tells you when farther donors will be alerted, usually about 14 minutes.
  5. Who is comingName, distance from the hospital and an arrival estimate.
  6. Boost the alertReach donors up to 60 km away by SMS and voice call if the rings aren't enough.
  7. ShareA link donors can open without the app.
Dropli live dispatch tracker screen in Bangla

When the rings aren't enough

Boosting an alert

Start with the free rings. If your request is still short, a boost sends SMS and voice calls to donors much further away. Those messages cost money to send, and that's all the fee covers.

Every request

Standard

Free

  • Rings at 3, 7 and 15 km
  • Push and in-app chat
  • Automated voice call on urgent requests
  • Share link for donors without the app

Wide alert

30 km

৳200

  • Every suitable donor within 30 km
  • Push and SMS

Maximum alert

60 km

৳500

  • Every suitable donor within 60 km
  • Push, SMS and an automated voice call

The donor gets none of this money. It pays for SMS and voice calls. Blood is never bought or sold, and anyone who asks you to pay a donor is breaking Dropli's rules.

Scam shield

"Send bKash first" gets a warning

Families looking for blood are easy targets. When a chat message asks for money or drops a mobile banking number, Dropli puts a warning under it on both phones.

More on safety

A conversation, replayed

Illustrative. The warning text is the one the app shows.

Assalamu alaikum, I'm O+. I can give blood.
Send ৳500 by bKash first for transport, 01712345678, then I'll come.
Careful. Asking for money for blood can be a scam. Dropli never asks anyone to pay a donor.
Thanks, I'll wait for another donor.

After the donation

After the donation, one code and you're done

Ask the donor to tap "Show code" on their phone and type the six digits. That marks the donation as verified, gives them a certificate, and tells Dropli your request is done. No code? You can still close the request without one.

A bag of donated blood hanging in a clinic
A donated unit of blood, India. Photo: Aman Chaturvedi / Unsplash
  • Screen for entering the donor's code

    Enter the code

    Six digits from the donor's phone, or scan their QR.

  • Donation certificate

    They get a certificate

    With a number and a QR that anyone can check. It goes on their passport.

  • Support Dropli screen with amount options

    Support Dropli, if you want

    From ৳10, paid through SSLCommerz. It keeps the SMS and calls running for the next family. Never required.

Requester questions

Before you post

All questions

Does it cost anything to request blood?

No. Posting a request, the 3, 7 and 15 km rings, chat and the share link are free. The only paid option is a boost (৳200 or ৳500), and that money pays for SMS and voice calls, not donors.

How fast will someone answer?

It depends on the group, the hospital and the hour. You'll see the alerts go out on the tracker, and if nobody answers a ring, the next one goes out after about 14 minutes.

Can I request blood for someone else?

Yes. Most requests are posted by a son, a daughter or a friend. Add the patient's name, age and hospital, and you handle the chat and the code.

A donor asked me for money. What do I do?

Don't pay. Report them from the chat and wait for another donor. Nobody on Dropli is allowed to charge for blood or for "transport".

What if the donor has no code to show?

You can close the request without a code. The donation just won't be marked verified on their passport.

Request blood

Somebody close by has your group

Install Dropli, post the request, and let the rings do the asking. Keep the phone near you; the first yes could come from just down the road.