Friends2support

Friends2Support.org
Non-Profit Voluntary Organization
Area served
 India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Malaysia, Yemen
Website http://www.friends2support.org

Friends2Support.org is a non-profit organization providing access to contact blood donors online from its website and mobile applications.[1][1] Friends2Support (F2S) has over 175,000 people voluntarily registered as blood donors.[2][3]

Founding

Five friends, Shaik Shareef, Naveen Reddy, Koteswara Rao Sanampudi, Phani Kethamakka and Murali Krishna, from Narsaraopet, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh inaugurated F2S on November 14, 2005 in Hyderabad.[1][4] The founders are all software engineers[1] employed in Various Countries.[5] Friends2Support was founded as an effort to tackle the problem of blood unavailability at the hospital.[6]

The five members became the first donors, after which others joined. They had to manage their IT jobs while spreading the idea. They mailed whoever we knew about the site in their spare time, who in turn, spread it to other people. They held gatherings and approached people door-to-door.

F2S has conducted many events to promote their idea across the country including bike rallies, walks and signature campaigns.

Future plans include establishing a free toll-free number across the country in various languages concentrating on rural education and starting a book donation website.

Mobile Apps

F2S has launched mobile apps (applications) for all mobile platforms (android, Windows & iPhone users).

Achievements

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