The things people ask us first.

LifeDrop is an emergency blood coordination service on WhatsApp. We verify a blood request with the hospital, find screened voluntary donors nearby who match, and get one to the transfusion desk. Payment goes through MTN MoMo.

Yes. The LifeDrop line is live in Buea at +237 686 001 785. You can also walk through a simulated version in the interactive demo.

For a blood request or to register as a donor, message the LifeDrop line: +237 686 001 785. For questions, hospital partnerships, sponsors or press, message customer service: +237 682 333 905.

No. LifeDrop lives entirely inside WhatsApp. It works on a mid-range Android phone with limited data, in English or French.

We're live in Buea, and expanding across the South-West Region next. If you're elsewhere in Cameroon, message us anyway. It helps us decide where to go next.

No, and they never will. Blood is a free, voluntary gift. Paying for blood is unsafe and illegal, because it pushes people to hide health risks. The coordination fee covers a donor's transport, meal, airtime and screening; it never reaches the donor as payment for blood.

Generally healthy adults who pass screening at a partner hospital. The final decision on eligibility is always made by clinicians on the day.

Only when someone nearby needs your blood type and you're eligible. After you donate we pause alerts for 90 days. Reply STOP at any time to pause messages.

Yes. Your blood group is confirmed during your free screening at a partner hospital.

We verify each request with the hospital ward, usually through the request slip or the transfusion desk, before alerting a single donor. In a genuine, life-threatening emergency we alert donors and verify in parallel, so help is already moving while the ward confirms.

13,000 FCFA, paid through MTN MoMo and charged only when a donor is confirmed. It covers the donor's transport, meal and airtime, their health screening, MoMo and messaging costs, and running the service. See the full breakdown.

You are never turned away. The Solidarity Access Fund covers you with the same donor, the same speed and the same care. It's funded by a fixed share of every paid fee, pay-it-forward top-ups and partner subsidies.

You're refunded automatically, and we keep looking.

Every donor is screened at a partner hospital (blood typing, haemoglobin, blood pressure and infectious-disease testing) before they're matched. We enforce a 90-day recovery window, ask a short health questionnaire, and leave every medical decision to a clinician.

We keep only what's needed to match you: blood group, area and availability. Health answers are used only to protect you and are never shared with a patient or their family. Your number is shared with a hospital only after you say yes to a specific match. Reply STOP to pause messages, or DELETE to erase your record. See our privacy notice.

No. No test results or diagnoses ever pass through the chat. They stay with the hospital.

Message our partnerships team on +237 682 333 905. We'll set up a call with your transfusion lead and agree pilot terms. See For hospitals.

Yes. NGOs, maternal-health programmes, insurers and funders can cover coordination fees for the families they serve, or fund the Solidarity Access Fund directly.

Message us on +237 682 333 905 and the founder will get back to you.