Help in the chat you already use.
- Request blood in English or French
- Live updates: verified, matched, on the way
- Pay only when a donor confirms
- Can't pay? The Solidarity Access Fund covers you
Live in Buea, Cameroon · WhatsApp + MTN MoMo
Emergency blood, coordinated in one WhatsApp chat.
When a patient needs blood, LifeDrop confirms the request with the ward, finds screened voluntary donors nearby by blood type and distance, and gets one to the transfusion desk. There's no app to download, and the family pays through MTN MoMo only once a donor confirms.
LifeDroponline
✓Ward-verifiedbefore any donor is alerted
₣MTN MoMocharged only on a match
Recognised
- 3rd place · MTN YaMo Pitch, Season 4
The problem
When a hospital runs short of blood, the family has to find a donor.
Relatives go from lab to lab and post "does anyone know an O– donor?" in every group chat they have. Willing donors exist. What's missing is a fast, trusted way to reach the right one in time.
31.5blood donations per 1,000 people a year in high-income countries
6.6in lower-middle-income countries, including Cameroon
~1%of a population giving blood each year: roughly the minimum a country needs
0apps a family has to install to use LifeDrop
Sources: WHO, Blood safety and availability; country income group per World Bank.
How it works
See the full flow
From one message to a donor at the desk.
Ask on WhatsApp
A family or ward messages LifeDrop with the hospital, blood group and units needed.
Verified by the ward
We confirm with the transfusion desk or request slip before a single donor is disturbed.
Matched and alerted
Blood type, distance and eligibility narrow the search. Donors answer yes or no with one tap.
Donor at the desk
The donor arrives with a code and an ETA, and the family pays the MoMo fee only now. Clinicians do the medicine.
One network, three sides
Built for the families, donors and hospitals in the chain.
One alert, only when you're needed.
- Free screening at a partner hospital
- Matched by blood type and distance
- Transport, a meal and airtime covered
- 90-day recovery window enforced
A verified donor line for your ward.
- Your staff confirm every request first
- Screened donors mobilised to your desk
- Arrival codes so you know who's coming
- No new software: it runs on WhatsApp
Why WhatsApp
We built an app first. Our users kept messaging us on WhatsApp.
Before LifeDrop we tried a standalone donor app. Donors signed up, then forgot it was on their phone. Meanwhile "do you know an O– donor?" kept arriving in our personal chats at every hour. So we rebuilt everything inside WhatsApp and MTN MoMo, which people in Cameroon already use every day.
Zero install
If you have WhatsApp, you have LifeDrop.
Light on data
Text-first, built for everyday Android phones.
English & French
No one waits for a translation.
We kept asking people to come to our app. They kept asking us for help on WhatsApp. Eventually we stopped arguing with them and moved.
Business model
Paid per confirmed match. Never for blood.
The requester pays one coordination fee of 13,000 FCFA through MTN MoMo, and only after a verified donor says yes. It covers the donor's costs, screening and the service itself. A fixed share funds free matches for families who can't pay.
- No donor, no charge. Refunded automatically if the donor doesn't show
- Donors are never paid for blood: it's the law, and it keeps supply safe
- Hospitals, NGOs and health programmes can sponsor coordinations
Coordination fee13,000FCFA
MTN MoMo
- 🚕 Donor careTransport, a meal and airtime6,000
- 🧪 Health screeningHb, blood pressure, infectious disease2,000
- 💛 Sustainability & solidarityFunds free matches + growth2,200
- ⚙️ Running the serviceVerification, coordination, support1,500
- 📱 MoMo & WhatsAppPayment and messaging costs1,300
Try it
Walk the flow from both sides.
The interactive demo lets you play the donor and the family: register, request, match, pay with MoMo, and see how the solidarity waiver keeps the door open.
Screened donors
Typing, haemoglobin, blood pressure and infectious-disease tests at a partner hospital.
Verified requests
Donors are never sent to a request the ward can't confirm.
Private by design
No test results or diagnoses in the chat. Reply DELETE to erase your record.
Clinicians decide
Blood is collected, tested and transfused only in licensed hospitals.
The team
Meet the team
A nurse, a scientist and a physician.
A Buea-based founding team with clinical, laboratory and community experience, plus independent medical oversight.
Chifen Sama Nduma
Founder & CEO
Registered nurse and health-tech builder. Leads product, the WhatsApp platform and donor safety.
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Amah Bih Lesly
Co-founder & Community Lead
Microbiologist and pharmacology researcher. Leads donor recruitment, community drives and partnerships.
Dr. Carl Monika
Medical advisor · UK-based physician
Clinical governance on donor eligibility, screening protocols and transfusion safety.
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